University worried student who violently attacked a Jewish influencer might get “negative attention”

Tell this publicly funded university to stop defending antisemitic political violence. Demand the University of Michigan EXPEL Temulun Togochog. Sign the petition today.

University of Michigan student Temulun Togochog viciously attacked a female Jewish influencer as well as a male conservative commentator on the university's historic campus Sunday afternoon.

Fifteen different cameras filmed the vicious attack from 15 different angles, as Miss Togochog spewed an expletive-ridden rant before smashing her phone into the face of conservative commentator Joe Redden. Furious, she proceeded to viciously attack, throw down, and stomp on Jewish social media influencer Liz Benichou.

Cameras captured it all as Togochog attempted to flee police, tried to attack a police officer, resisted arrest, and screamed death threats at the Jewish influencer even as she was being locked in a police car.

Liz Benichou spent the rest of the evening in the hospital as a result of the injuries Togochog caused.

But instead of taking a stand against antisemitic, ethnic, and political violence, the university decided that protecting the racist perpetrator’s reputation is more important than protecting Jews and conservatives on campus.

On Tuesday, less than 48 hours after the incident, University of Michigan officials demanded that the victims, Joe Reddin and Liz Benichou, remove every online video of the assault because the student, the attacker, is “getting negative attention.”

The University of Michigan’s own written policies require it to immediately suspend anyone who commits violence, especially racial and antisemitic violence, on campus. Yet they are protecting the perpetrator.

Friends, this is a publicly funded, public university using our tax dollars to protect a violent antisemitic student. That protection only serves to encourage more antisemitic political violence.

ENOUGH!

Join me in sending the University of Michigan president, Board of Regents, and deans a strong message: EXPEL RACISM.

Sign the petition today. Demand U of M EXPEL Temulun Togochog.

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“Chapter 1: Fundamental Tenets of Membership in the University Community.” University of Michigan. Office of the Provost. Accessed November 4, 2026. Facultyhandbook.provost.umich.edu/1-b-fundamental-tenets-statement/. 

Etiel, Yoav. “WATCH: Jewish Pro-Trump Activist Assaulted, Threatened With Death at Michigan University.” The Jerusalem Post, November 2, 2026. JPost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-913555. 

Johnson, Benny (@BennyJohnson). “UNHINGED: A Deranged Abdul El-Sayed Supporter Attacked Two People at the University of Michigan.” X, November 1, 2026. 6:59 p.m. X.com/bennyjohnson/status/2117043847901364477. 

Redden, Joe | Older Millennial (@teameffujoe). “Stereotypes Are Based in Reality." X, November 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m. X.com/teameffujoe/status/2117072210284421449. 

Redden, Joe | Older Millennial (@teameffujoe). “The @Uofmichigan Wants Us to Take Down Our Videos of the Girl Assaulting Us Because the GIRL WHO ASSAULTED US is getting negative attention!” X, November 3, 2026, 11:10 a.m. X.com/teameffujoe/status/2117650728827126076. 

"Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities." University of Michigan. Accessed November 4, 2026. SRR.umich.edu/statement.  

“Violence in the University Community.” University of Michigan. Standard Practice Guide Policies. Accessed November 4, 2026. SPG.umich.edu/policy/601.18.