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How a Deft Wisconsin Lawmaker Thwarted University DEI Funding

Napoleon said that to master the art of war, you must “read over and over again” the campaigns of history’s most successful generals.

The same advice applies if you want to master the art of legislating: You must study the strategies of the most successful legislators.

To that end, any lawmaker that wants to thwart diversity, equity, and inclusion programs needs to study the skillful maneuvers of Robin Vos, the speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. As National Review reports, Vos has succeeded—in a divided government, where Republicans control the Legislature, while a Democrat holds the governor’s mansion—in destroying DEI programs throughout the University of Wisconsin system, which includes 13 campuses.

Here’s how he did it. 

First, he surveyed the battlefield. Behind him and the Republican-controlled Legislature was a supportive electorate that…

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