Sensenbrenner Dodges Debate

Press Release

Today marks six weeks since thirty-eight-year incumbent Jim Sensenbrenner was challenged to a series of debates by Khary Penebaker, his Democratic opponent. The challenge was delivered by certified mail via the US Post Office and announced online.

No response has been received from Jim Sensenbrenner by email, telephone message, text, mailed letter, social media post or any other known form of communication. Mr. Penebaker did not ascribe any specific motive to the failure to respond, but noted that there is "a long Congressional tradition of laziness" and "a new Congressional fad of ignorance." Khary Penebaker also refused the possibility that his opponent was trying to distance himself from other Republican candidates. "The Congressman has already shown that he is not afraid to defend Donald Trump's values.

"The people of Southeastern Wisconsin deserve honesty and hard work from their Congressman, even if he is a nineteen-term incumbent. Congressman Sensenbrenner's refusal to defend his political values in debate insults citizens who have voted for him for decades, abandons the people who are concerned at the sudden transformation of the National Republican Party, and sets a poor example for students everywhere," said the Democratic nominee for the US House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 5th District.

Khary Penebaker believes that voters deserve to know how their next Representative will stand on the issues that affect them such as:

Creating good paying jobs for veterans

Mental health care

Domestic violence reduction

College affordability

Student loan interest rate controls

Ensuring opportunities for new four-year and technical college graduates

Maintaining safer communities

Common sense gun reform

Tax incentives for businesses to grow and expand

Healthcare and the Affordable Care Act

National security spending

Homeland security spending

Drinking water quality

Preserving parklands for future generations

Child health and wellness programs

Quality funding for high performing schools

Standards for academics and student learning

Technology improvements in the classroom

Women's health and wellness

Protecting Social Security

Affordable prescription drugs for seniors

Tax relief for middle class taxpayers

Investing in roads, bridges and highway infrastructure projects

Enhanced university research and development funding

Improving response times to public concerns

Democracy is not served when our elected officials hide their views from the public.

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