Opinion | With straight faces, GOP accuses regents of playing politics

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Got a charge out of state Sen. Patrick Testin’s “outrage” over the Board of Regents’ firing of UW President Jay Rothman this week.

“Make no mistake about it, the firing of UW President Rothman is a blatant partisan hatchet job,” the Stevens Point Republican and president pro tempore of the Senate proclaimed.

“Despite his efforts to enact meaningful reforms to move our world-class institutions forward, members of the Board of Regents apparently believe President Rothman should be punished for not being liberal enough,” Testin fumed. “His only crime was his willingness to work with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to

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