Former Vice President Mike Pence visits UNC-Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence is spoke o a room of nearly 500 students at UNC-Chapel Hill Wednesday evening.

The visit comes as many speculate whether he will announce a 2024 bid for the White House.

The room inside the student union was mostly full of supporters listening to Pence talk about his successes while he was in office, and what he feels has led to the country's downfall since.

"You need to be willing to stand against the gender insanity that's poisoning much of our public discourse," he said.

Some of that discourse happened outside the student union where the UNC Young democrats held a rally at the Pit.

"We want to hold all politicians accountable and hold all of our leaders accountable," said sophomore Kyle Lumsden with Students Demand Action.

Pence's visit to the university sparked tension. Junior Brianna Hayes said she found fliers with hate speech in the library

"It sparked this real passion that I don't want my fears to face discrimination, I don't want to face discrimination and I don't want someone who is associated with an administration with a reputation for doing so," she said. "I don't think there's going to be any discourse really happening. It's just motivation for extreme political action and that's not something I agree with and especially with the fliers that happened yesterday."

If Pence were to enter the race he would be going up against former President Donald Trump who announced he was running again in November of last year.