Stephen Colbert Takes On Wisconsin State Sen. Glen Grothman
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 16, 2012 8:40PM
Faux-Conservative funny-man Stephen Colbert took Wisconsin state Sen. Glen Grothman to task for his views on the equal pay act. Grothman introduced the law Gov. Scott Walker recently approved that repealed the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which forced employers to comply with the Equal Pay Act. Grothman said, "You could argue that money is more important for men." Here is more of what Grothman told the Daily Beast:
Take a hypothetical husband and wife who are both lawyers. But the husband is working 50 or 60 hours a week, going all out, making 200 grand a year. The woman takes time off, raises kids, is not go go go. Now they’re 50 years old. The husband is making 200 grand a year, the woman is making 40 grand a year. It wasn’t discrimination. There was a different sense of urgency in each person.
You may also remember Grothman's name from his other law suggesting single parenthood as a contributor to child abuse. State Rep. Don Pridemore co-sponsored that bill and also suggested women in abusive relationships should think of better times instead of divorce. Grothman said, "There's been a huge change over the last 30 years, and a lot of that change has been the choice of women."
Below is Colbert's new "seg-women-t" called "Lady Heroes" because "it's not a uter-you, it's a uter-us." And beneath the video is a document from Grothman's office that we've shared previously. It details his views on the American family.