Wisconsin Republican Speaker: Paralyzed Legislator Cannot Attend Committee Meetings by Phone; Disability Is "Disrespectful"

Republicans declare the Wisconsin State Assembly 
exempt form federal law in effort to ban paralyzed
lawmaker from attending committee meetings.

Madison, Wisconsin — Wisconsin Republicans have reached a new all-time low in lawlessness and indecency.

The Wisconsin Speaker of the Sate Assembly Robin Vos (R-Rochester), is blocking State Rep. Jimmy Anderson (D-Fitchburg) from attending legislative committee meeting by phone in a violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reports Patrick Marley in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Reports Marley, Speaker Vos called the paralyzed legislator's inability to attend some committee meetings "disrespectful."

Reports Marley: "It just comes down to the fact that I think it's disrespectful for someone to be asking questions over a microphone or a speakerphone when individuals are actually taking the time out of their day to come and testify in person," Robin Vos said.

Anderson was paralyzed in a California car accident in 2010 for which he sued Stanislaus County California for failure to timely install a four-way stop, (Mal Contends, Insurance News, Verdict Search.
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Vos' move in blocking phone and virtual attendance of a paralyzed representative is also contemptuous of the constituents in Wisconsin's 47th assembly district.

That a state legislative body may simply declare itself a lawless island is absurd.

Further, consider the make of the man, Robin Vos, who is apparently so deformed that Vos declares Assembly committee meetings forbidden for a legislator who dares represent constituents while disabled.

An educated guess: Not even Wisconsin Republicans are stupid enough not to back down.