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Leftists Trying To Shut Down Shapiro Free Speech Event At UW: Wisconsin State Senator Fires Back

   DailyWire.com

On the heels of Tuesday night’s incident in which Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro was threatened with arrest if he set foot on the DePaul University campus, Young America’s Foundation (YAF) at the University of Wisconsin is being threatened by radical leftists for hosting Shapiro’s speech at the university on Wednesday.

The leftists, who have allegedly invited hundreds to a private Facebook page titled “f*** white supremacy: interrupting Ben Shapiro,” filed a complaint alleging that YAF broke a university policy by advertising the event to the public. The Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI) staff advised YAF at the University of Wisconsin that student organization events are open only to the campus community (students, faculty & staff) and in order to open an event to the public a department must sponsor.

Wisconsin State Senator State Senator Duey Stroebel came to YAF and Shapiro’s ’s defense, firing back:

As a taxpayer funded university, Madison should make efforts to have more events open to the public. It is important student organizations have the ability to – without cumbersome red tape – host events to include the public. Every time university officials lobby my office for more taxpayer resources, they argue how important the school is to the state. Student organizations should have the freedom – without fear of complaints – to create a larger discussion with the broader public community. The CfLI should dismiss this grievance as baseless. Complaints are not to be used as a weapon against organizations with different viewpoints.

Shapiro is scheduled to deliver a speech titled: Dismantling Safe Spaces: Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings.

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