Chalk one up for the progressives! They are winning the culture war.

DePaul University is now leading the pack in response to students writing pro-Trump messages in chalk on the sidewalks on campus and have completely banned political chalking at the university, no exceptions.

Campus Reform reports that the decision came after a Republican group organized a chalking campaign and scrawled messages like "Make DePaul great again," "Blue Lives Matter," and "Trump Train 2016." That proved too much for the grounds crew who made the executive decision to clean off the messages, believing them to be incendiary. 

The university said it is the crew's responsibility to clean the sidewalks regularly but should have consulted with the university first before the decision to remove them was made. CR states this is the first time DePaul has ever addressed its chalking policy, as this has been a normal occurrence of free speech at the school for some time. The university has yet to respond why it was these particular messages that crossed the line as opposed to the many other chalkings up to this point (as if we don't already know the answer).

But to ensure that this will never be a problem in the future, DePaul is cleansing its campus of all partisan political speech. The vice president of student affairs Eugene Zdziarski sent out a campus-wide email:

Students or student organizations may not post partisan political flyers, posters, signs or images on University bulletin board, buildings, electronic message boards, forums or sidewalks. This includes chalking on campus property.

In the email, he explained further why the extreme decision was made:

While these chalk messages are part of national agendas in a heated political battle, they appeared on campus at a time of significant racial tension in our country and on college campuses. DePaul is no exception. The university has been addressing campus climate issues in an effort to provide an inclusive and supportive educational environment. In this context, many students, faculty and staff found the chalk messages offensive, hurtful and divisive.

Republican students at DePaul should ask the administration to stop claiming they seek an "inclusive environment" when they clearly don't mean inclusive of everyone.