From Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson:
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday on a recorded conversation (audio) between U.S. Senate Candidate Kevin Nicholson and two other people where Nicholson said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI01, has a “light footprint” in Wisconsin.
After the story was reported, Nicholson appeared on the Jay Weber show on WISN-AM, partly to defend himself against the article. Nicholson starts by saying that the recording came from a Republican and that there were only three people in the conversation so he can “track down” who released it to the press. He also complains, “If you read the quote, this is gotcha journalism.”
“It’s a poor piece,” Nicholson said. “It’s really poorly written and, and it’s an attempt to create media controversy where there should be none.”
Nicholson also defended the light footprint remark. “Yeah, he’s Speaker of the House. He’s got a lot of obligations. A lot of things going on,” Nicholson said. “And that’s hardly controversial in any way, shape or form.”
Nicholson then defended Ryan’s record as Speaker of the House, and then said the problem is the Senate.
After listening to the complete recorded conversation multiple times, it’s actually worse than previously described.