Outrage on college campuses over some students’ support for Donald Trump is now having serious repercussions: At University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, student government senator Hailey Puckett has been asked to resign by her own conservative campaign ticket for writing pro-Trump chalk messages on campus.

Apparently, the stifling of free speech is more important than young people’s leadership abilities, more important than the election results of members of their own student body.

“Tonight we’ve asked for Hailey Puckett’s resignation from SGA (student government association) because we realize her values do not line up with the pillars we’ve established ourselves on,” read a message released early Wednesday morning from Empower UTC. That’s the conservative group of candidates whose members were elected days ago to lead the student government next year.

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“We do not support bigotry or hatred or the messages spread by Donald Trump’s ignorance,” they wrote in another message posted to their website. “We do not support the mission of those who wish to spread that ignorance … We will not represent those who support the oppression of others.”

A Change.org petition is also calling for Phillip Stubblefield, the new student government president elected days ago, to be subject to a recall vote. Why? Because they say he’s been waffling. Wednesday night on Twitter, Stubblefield wrote in part, “I fully support every individual’s First Amendment rights, and the senator-elect has every right to support any candidate of her choosing.”

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Ironically, Empower UTC’s Facebook “about us” section reads: “Your voice. Your Vote. Your SGA.” Apparently they left out: “But only if you think and act exactly as we do.”

“This also happens to college Republicans — it happens on multiple levels,” Ryan Fournier, founder and chairman of Students for Trump, told LifeZette Thursday night of the turncoat actions of Puckett’s own party. “This is another example that there is bias at liberal colleges, which we are fighting to end. To see this happen in an organization that offers candidates for election is outrageous. We are totally in support of Puckett.”

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Various groups have released statements, all getting their two cents in.

The university released a statement that said in part: “Diversity — including diversity of thought — is a core value of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This idea was put to the test when a question of free speech developed between several groups of students.”

It added, “The heated dialogue that resulted was unfortunate but serves as a teachable moment for our students and the incoming student government leadership. The UTC administration has not played a role in this debate. No student has been disciplined or chastised by this institution for his or her political beliefs.”

Many students on campus have expressed outrage and bewilderment.

“I felt like she was just exercising her First Amendment right — freedom of speech. But I think it’s really been blown out of proportion. I’m not even a Trump supporter and I think it’s kind of ridiculous what’s going on here,” said Alex Dockery, a freshman, to Chattanooga ABC affiliate’s News Channel 9.

Twitter buzzed with messages supporting Puckett: “Let’s kick them out for not thinking like us! Yay for diversity on campus. What a joke. #BlackUTC #EmpowerUTC ”

The Black Student Alliance has also weighed in. Among other things, they tried literally washing away the pro-Trump chalked messages.

“We came down here pretty much immediately to pour water on it and get it away,” they told News Channel 9 of their actions. “We think it spreads just a message of divisiveness on campus and we want our campus to be seen as one of inclusion and acceptance of all races; of all ideas, religions, sexualities — everything.”