CHE has a good account (though behind a paywall), but here's the crux of it:
By some measures, the protest that occurred at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln on August 25 was relatively minor: Courtney Lawton, a graduate student and lecturer was caught on video making rude gestures and using profanity as she confronted Kaitlyn Mullen, a student promoting the conservative group Turning Point USA. Ms. Lawton and Amanda Gailey, an associate professor who brought a sign to the student union, were called out on Turning Point’s website after the protest, though Ms. Gailey had largely stood off to the side and only engaged the student by offering help....
On August 25, Ms. Mullen, a second-year student, set up a table near the student union to promote Turning Point USA, which is not yet a registered student organization at the university. (Reached by email, Ms. Mullen offered to comment for this article but failed to do so before publication.) A university staff member mistakenly told Ms. Mullen that she was not in the university’s "free-speech zone" and asked her to move to another area near the student union, but she declined....
Ms. Gailey, an associate professor of English, also went to the protest, and carried a sign that asked for Turning Point USA to put her on the group’s controversial Professor Watchlist. Ms. Gailey, according to numerous accounts, did not confront Ms. Mullen and even offered to help her when she appeared distraught.
"I showed up that day to oppose Turning Point," Ms. Gailey said, "not to censor them. I never questioned their right to be on campus."
By that evening, however, a video of the protest from Ms. Mullen had been widely shared on social media, and the negative reactions began pouring in....
On his legislative website, State Sen. Steve Erdman calls for Ms. Gailey to be fired, saying she "berated and intimidated" Ms. Mullen. He also cites Mr. Daub’s saying her actions were "a premeditated and organized effort to intimidate and shut down Kaitlyn Mullen."
In an interview, State Senator Erdman acknowledged that he had spoken with university officials and that their findings are far different. Supposedly, Ms. Gailey "went to her aid," he said, "that’s their explanation."
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