The University of Buffalo condemned conservative commentator, author, and Daily Wire media host Michael Knowles for over a year on the website for its Department of Media Study apparently based on the false premise that he had called for genocide against transgender people. Knowles says the false claim represents the Left’s attempt to justify political violence against conservatives. He threatened to sue the university for defamation and the attack promptly vanished from the website. “After almost 18 months on the homepage of their website, I have been removed,” Knowles told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Thursday.

The University of Buffalo did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment by publication time. Knowles noted that while he did speak at the University of Buffalo in March 2023, he did not graduate from the school. “That they would see fit to dedicate room on their homepage to little old me is kind of charming,” he joked. “Nevertheless, it’s not nice to lie about people.”

The statement on Knowles disappeared Thursday after The Post Millennial reported the story and Knowles threatened to sue Tuesday.

The controversy dates back to Knowles’ speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 5, 2023. “For the good of society, and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” he declared at CPAC.

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