A state representative who’s trying to get elected to the Senate is the latest public figure to be questioned about his attitudes toward women. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was given a video of River Falls Republican Shannon Zimmerman’s remarks in a lecture four years ago at U-W River Falls — and he was talking about his role in a translation service company called Sajan when he joked that his own employees’ language could be the toughest to translate and said a woman sometimes says one thing but means another. The audience laughed, and Zimmerman told the Journal Sentinel the remark was a “lighthearted attempt to address communication barriers.” But a spokeswoman for the liberal group One Wisconsin Now called the remark inappropriate. Zimmerman is running against Assembly Republican Adam Jarchow in a December 19th primary for the Senate seat given up by River Falls Republican Sheila Harsdorf when she became the new state ag secretary.
Old Remark By Senate Candidate Gets Swept Up
Nov 21, 2017 | 2:10 PM
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