La Follette told The Associated Press that he plans to leave on a trip to Kenya and Zimbabwe on Sunday and doesn’t plan to return to Wisconsin until “early July.” The 81-year-old Democrat said he booked the trip two years ago but had to postpone it due to the COVID-19 pandemic and doesn’t want to lose his down payment.
The trip comes as La Follette faces a challenge within his own party for his job and with Republicans targeting his office.
“It’s probably not the best time, but I had no choice unless I had to forfeit the payment I made for it,” he said. “So I decided that life has to go on.”
At 81 I don’t begrudge him the vacation.
C’mon, man! Think positive. Secretary of State. If he loves it there and decides to stay we haven’t lost a thing. It could be Wisconsin’s cultural gift to Kenya and/or Zimbabwe.
Just like Milwaukee’s gift to Luxembourg?