Grothman Confronted by Protester in Madison

“I just thought he was another strange liberal,” Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) said of the man who confronted him outside of a Madison M&I Bank yesterday.

After exiting the bank Tuesday, a protestor came up to the state senator and grabbed him for what Grothman described as “a big bear hug.”  Grothman said that the encounter wasn’t violent in any way.

“I don’t think he realized how inappropriate it was,” he said.

Recently M&I Banks have been subject to protest after it was found that some executives had given money to Republicans who voted for the budget repair bill.

Although this confrontation was not violent, .  Earlier this month the senator, along with other state legislators, received a death threat via e-mail.