by Dennis Welch | 3TV Political Editor
Shane Wikfors, the communications director for the state GOP, said there's nothing wrong with using the derogatory term when referring to women.
Shane Wikfors, the communications director for the state GOP, said there's nothing wrong with using the derogatory term when referring to women.
Excerpt from PHOENIX -- The top spokesman for the Arizona Republican Party
didn't like a column published recently in the state's largest newspaper.
So on Monday he slammed the female reporter and another woman quoted in the piece for having what he called a, "bitch session."
Shane Wikfors, the communications director for the state GOP, said there's nothing wrong with using the derogatory term when referring to women.
"It's a colloquialism," Wikfors said during a telephone interview. "It's universally used. Go to any corporate boardroom and you'll hear that reference."
The expression, he said, was used to describe people who get together and complain and wasn't meant to demean women.
Wikfors said he was angry after reading a column published Saturday by the Arizonan Republic's longtime writer Laurie Roberts.
Her article, which was headlined "To dekook Arizona, start with the state Republican Party," quoted Kathy Petsas, a self described lifelong member of the GOP. Read More
So on Monday he slammed the female reporter and another woman quoted in the piece for having what he called a, "bitch session."
Shane Wikfors, the communications director for the state GOP, said there's nothing wrong with using the derogatory term when referring to women.
"It's a colloquialism," Wikfors said during a telephone interview. "It's universally used. Go to any corporate boardroom and you'll hear that reference."
The expression, he said, was used to describe people who get together and complain and wasn't meant to demean women.
Wikfors said he was angry after reading a column published Saturday by the Arizonan Republic's longtime writer Laurie Roberts.
Her article, which was headlined "To dekook Arizona, start with the state Republican Party," quoted Kathy Petsas, a self described lifelong member of the GOP. Read More
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