Left-wing personality Hasan Piker is scheduled to speak Wednesday at the University of Texas at Austin despite ample controversy that threatened to derail the University Democrats‘ event.

The club is hosting the event at the William C. Powers Jr. Student Activity Center, which contains 465 seats in its auditorium. Demand far outpaced the number of seats the auditorium could provide, so the event organizers tried to secure a larger venue.

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