The Nashville "Freedom Conference" will include leadership sessions, and a lineup of right-wing voices from media designed to “confront the Left’s narratives” and mobilize young conservatives across campuses and communities. One of the headline figures at the conference is Michael Knowles, a Daily Wire host whose participation has drawn controversy. Knowles’s track record includes inflammatory rhetoric, especially around transgender people; once arguing that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life,” a statement widely criticized by media and opponents.