Scott Walker Once Wished A Jewish Constituent ‘Molotov’

In this Sept. 23, 2014 photo is Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker at a campaign stop in Racine, Wis. Walker faces Democratic gubernatorial challenger Mary Burke Nov. 4 election. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker surely meant well when well-wishing a Jewish constituent, but his Hebrew could use a little work if he’s going to make a run at the White House.

The Capital Times reported Wednesday on a undated letter, unearthed in the John Doe investigation that has dogged Walker, in which Walker mixed up his Jewish salutations and makeshift explosives while he was serving as Milwaukee County executive.

“Thank you again and Molotov,” read the note from Walker to Franklyn Gimbel, chairman of the Wisconsin Center District, a convention complex, who had asked Walker to set up a menorah at the county courthouse to celebrate Hanukkah.

The Capital Times theorized on what went wrong:

Presumably, Walker meant to write “mazel tov” and didn’t intend to wish good tidings of incendiary weapons. Perhaps it was a case of AutoCorrect or that pesky Microsoft Word paperclip causing shenanigans.

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  1. Adelson would not approve. May as well give up 2016 now.

  2. Gotta give the guy points for trying. Clippy has been gone for some time, thankfully, but it might well have been autocorrect – I’ve seen it do stranger things. Walker might have written it as one word and slightly misspelled it, and that could be enough to have autocorrect change it to “Molotov.”

  3. The Governor then offered his constituent a repast of Bris and crackers.

  4. Goy vey!

    Thanks, I’ll be here all week, and remember to tip your bartenders.

  5. Agreed. Its also possible that Walker had not a clue how the actual phrase was spelled and when auto correct came up with Molotov he thought…“huh…that’s an odd spelling. Oh well, I am not Jewish, so I guess that’s it”

    Still, with these people you never know. Maybe he does want to throw bottles filled with gasoline at them.

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