On Wednesday, Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles gave a speech on abortion, titled “The Case Against Murder,” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — but not without the school putting up a fight.
As previously reported, in the run-up to the speech, Young America’s Foundation (YAF), which hosted the speech, was informed by college administrators “that they would have to pay $4,271.17 for six police officers, a metal detector, and other security-related costs” despite student groups not having been charged for security before.
When Knowles reached the podium on Wednesday, he spoke first about the attempt by the university to “extort” YAF.
“I should also thank the UW-Madison administration for failing to cancel this lecture,” Knowles stated to applause. “I understand it wasn’t for lack of trying. … the administrators here attempted to extort the students…
