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A teaching assistant at Illinois State University was arrested last week and relieved of his duties after flipping the table of a Turning Point USA student chapter on campus.

Graduate student Derek Lopez, 27, likened his actions to those of Jesus in a viral video of the Oct. 17 incident posted to the X account of Frontlines TPUSA, the organization's journalism arm.

"Well, you know, Jesus did it, so you know I got to do it, right?" Lopez said before trying to pull the tablecloth, upending the pins and ultimately flipping the table on its side.

"Thanks guys, have a great day," Lopez says in the clip, which also showed him ripping down flyers advertising an appearance by comedian and Blaze Media host Alex Stein.

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