Students and faculty at American universities attempted to censor Daily Wire host Michael Knowles more than any other campus speaker in 2023, according to a database compiled by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
Knowles appeared three times in the free speech organization’s “Campus Disinvitation Database” last year as students and faculty at the University of Buffalo, the University of Pittsburgh, and Purdue University all tried to get the Daily Wire host’s speaking events canceled. The three cancel campaigns against Knowles were all in reaction to his views on transgender ideology.
None of the censorship attempts against Knowles were successful, however, and the podcast host spoke at all three universities even as protesters stood outside of his events, calling him a “transphobe.”
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