It’s Official: Congressman Who Said Michelle Obama Has A Fat Ass Has Apologized
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(POLITICO) — Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has sent a personal note of apology Thursday to First Lady Michelle Obama for referring to her “large posterior” and “big butt,” his spokesperson told POLITICO. . . . On Thursday, Sensenbrenner said in a statement, “I regret my inappropriate comment and I have sent a personal note to the First Lady apologizing.”
Sensenbrenner had made his initial comment about the First Lady at St. Aidan’s Episcopalian Church in Hartford, Wisconsin on Dec. 10. Ann Marsh-Meigs, a 72-year-old member of the church, said the congressman sat with her and several other parishioners for some small talk during the church’s Christmas bazaar.
Then, he noticed cards on the table advertising the church’s upcoming food packing project for Haiti and began speaking about a recent charity event in Washington his wife and Michelle Obama attended. Sensenbrenner commented that the First Lady only stayed as long as the photographers were there.
“And then he got on the topic of First Ladies and their special interests, and he said most First Ladies have serious projects,” Marsh-Meigs said in an interview. “He implied that Michelle Obama being interested in childhood obesity was not serious, he sort of made fun of it and then he made fun of her. He said something like, look at her big butt.”
Marsh-Meigs, who also shared her account of the discussion with the Journal Sentinel, said she was appalled by the congressman’s comment and told him she thought Michelle Obama was a “beautiful and elegant woman.”
“How dumb can you be? I think it’s stupid to talk like that, it’s really rude — it’s the president’s wife,” Marsh-Meigs told POLITICO. “He just assumed everyone sitting at the table would agree with him and think it was funny. I didn’t think it was the least bit funny, and there was sort of a stunned silence. I said, ‘I think Michelle is a beautiful and elegant woman, and she dresses beautifully.’”
Sensenbrenner, Marsh-Meigs said, “sort of backpedaled, and got up rather quickly and left.” A friend of Marsh-Meigs confronted Sensenbrenner as the congressman made his exit and “told him off.”
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