Scott Walker Republicans infect UW with right-wing think tank, to "offset some the liberal thinking."

Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday announced the formation of a new public policy center, the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership,  at the state’s flagship university, which liberals said would be nothing more than a taxpayer-funded conservative think tank.

Vos said the new center will have no agenda and will be dedicated to “maximum free speech.”

“Far too often, we feel like there’s only one legitimate viewpoint on campus. This is just going to ensure we have diversity of thought. … It’s not a conservative think tank. Hopefully it will be able to offset some of the liberal thinking.”

Vos and other backers promised that it will serve as abridge between the academic and political worlds and bring in speakers to campuses across the state … (comes at the same time) Speaker Robin Vos is pushing a bill that would punish students who disrupt free speech on college campuses.

He later said the center would not be partisan but would counter what he said were “left-of-center leaning” research organizations on the Madison campus.

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