MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner has apologized to first lady Michelle Obama for reportedly saying she has a “big butt.”
The Republican sent the first lady a personal note and released a statement Thursday saying he regrets his “inappropriate comment,” Sensenbrenner’s press secretary says.
Sensenbrenner’s office would not release the note.
Sensenbrenner referred to Michelle Obama’s “big butt” while talking to church members at a Christmas bazaar at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Hartford earlier this month, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Church member Ann Marsh-Meigs told the newspaper that she heard Sensenbrenner’s remarks. She said the 16-term congressman was speaking about the first lady’s efforts to combat childhood obesity, and added, “And look at her big butt.”
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Michelle Obama’s press office didn’t immediately return a request for comment Thursday.
