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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn’t remember sending a letter about a menorah that is signed, “Thank you and Molotov.”
"My guess is it was a typo," Walker said Wednesday when asked about the slip-up by reporters at the governor's mansion.
Walker presumably meant to write "mazel tov" in the undated letter that was addressed to prominent Milwaukee attorney Franklyn Gimbel. The letter was written when Walker was Milwaukee County executive and was first reported on Wednesday by the Cap Times.
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A letter from Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin to a constituent while he was serving as county executive is getting attention for a bizarre error.
In the undated letter posted by the Capital Times , Walker told a constituent there was no problem displaying a Menorah to celebrate "The Eight Days of Chanukah" at the Courthouse. Nice enough.
But then his parting words were “Thank you again and Molotov.”
Presumably, Walker meant to say “Mazel Tov,” although that is more often a toast at a wedding or other celebration — not usually associated with a Chanukah greeting.
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And it’s possible the letter was never sent.
"The letter surfaced in a batch of documents from the John Doe corruption investigation related to Walker's time as Milwaukee County executive. It's not clear whether the letter was ever actually sent." (HuffingtonPost.com)
AP contributed to this report.
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