Andy Kroll, Mother Jones: Wisconsin Democrats Demand Probe of Gov. Walker (filing ethics complaint)

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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/walker-koch-wisconsin-democratic-party

Wisconsin Democrats Demand Probe of Gov. Walker

— By Andy Kroll
| Tue Mar. 1, 2011 12:17 PM PST


The Democratic Party of Wisconsin will file a formal ethics complaint this week against Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker based on comments he made in a conversation with a prankster posing as right-wing billionaire David Koch, a party spokesman tells Mother Jones.

The spokesman, Graeme Zielinski, says party officials will request a probe into statements Walker made to the fake Koch, who was really gonzo journalist and Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy, concerning support for Wisconsin Republican lawmakers believed to be vulnerable due to their support of Walker's bill. Here's the part of Walker's call Democrats are zeroing in on:

Walker: "After this in some of the coming days and weeks ahead, particularly in some of these more swing areas, a lot of these guys are going to need, they don’t need initially ads for them, but they’re going to need a message out. Reinforcing why this was a good thing to do for the economy, a good thing to do for the state. So to the extent that message is out over and over again is certainly a good thing."

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Zielinski, with the state Democratic Party, says more details about the party's complaint will come out later this week.

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