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Tommy Thompson: “Goldwater came here and I was going to put him on campus…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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One-on-one with Tommy Thompson _ Cap Times Idea Fest

Published | Video Starts at 17:10

The organization I started, he defeated me. Shows you I should probably not go into elected politics, but we're going to. Get to that in a sec. But Goldwater came here. Goldwater came here and I was going to put him on campus, but they wouldn't let him. So I took him to the Capitol and he gave a speech in the Capitol. The Capitol Times was there covering it, wrote some awfully nasty articles. I don't believe that per second. But it was, it was a wonderful thing. He didn't stay long. (17:10–17:19)

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Asserts that Barry Goldwater was not allowed to speak on campus, so Tommy Thompson arranged for him to speak at the Capitol.

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