Republicans Host Campus Free Speech Roundtable

Jessica Blake December 12, 2024 1 min read

Jessica Blake
Inside Higher Ed

Excerpt: The roundtable discussion, hosted by North Carolina representative Gregory Murphy, reinforced the GOP’s argument that colleges and universities across the country have become liberal bastions that do not welcome intellectual diversity.

In addition to Jordan and YAF, the panel consisted of representatives from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, the Jefferson Council for the University of Virginia, Speech First and the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA), all right-leaning groups. Representative Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Representative Burgess Owens of Utah—both Republicans—joined Murphy.

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