The highest-ranking Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly said Thursday that he doesn't want to “fortify” the state Capitol, which is one of the country's most accessible statehouses, but that lawmakers are looking at ways to bolster safety in other areas such as at officeholders' homes.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' comments came a day after the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah and three months after the targeted shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers. Vos was asked about security before the Wisconsin Assembly met to vote on a series of bills.
