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riversedge

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Thu Apr 16, 2015, 10:31 PM Apr 2015

NEW: Conservative media trashes Scott Walker for his "no press" overseas trip

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NEW: Conservative media trashes Scott Walker for his "no press" overseas trip: http://washex.am/1aBtq0h #tcot #wiunion

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/scott-walker-tours-europe-in-no-press-trade-mission/article/2563153



Scott Walker tours Europe in no-press 'trade mission'
By Eddie Scarry | April 16, 2015 | 1:10 pm


Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely Republican presidential candidate, is set to return Friday from his second trip to Europe in recent months. This time he'll be coming back without having faced any questions from reporters about evolution theory — or any media questions at all.

The only public event scheduled for Walker's week-long trip — it's billed by his office as a "trade mission" — was a 15-minute speech he delivered Tuesday in Germany, in which he discussed trade between that country and the Badger State.

And in a stark contrast to the coast-to-coast media frenzy that erupted after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited an Ohio Chipotle earlier this week, no national media have even noticed Walker is gone.

Walker did not take questions from media at the event. His remaining meetings with trade and industry leaders are not open to press.......

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