Senate Leader Says Speaker Should Apologize

Wisconsin Senate Republican leader Scott Fitzgerald says Assembly Speaker Robin Vos should apologize for calling three senators “terrorists” on a television broadcast. Fitzgerald says it was “beyond inappropriate” for the Republican Vos to use the word to describe senators who went to Governor Scott Walker to approve items they wanted in the state budget, including an immediate end to the minimum wage for state government projects, and limits on when schools can hold referendums. Senators Steve Nass, Duey Strobel, and Chris Kapenga went to Walker after Vos refused to consider changes in the budget approved last month. Vos’ office did not comment by midday on the fallout to his remarks, made on Sunday’s statewide show “Upfront with Mike Gousha” (goo shay’). Nass said he was especially upset that Vos would not take the remark back when he had a chance to do so on the show.