Tommy Thompson’s campaign has suggested a paternal scolding. Thompson's son's 'Kenya' gibe

The son of Wisconsin Senate candidate Tommy Thompson suggested voters had an “opportunity” to send President Barack Obama “back to Kenya” at a brunch Sunday.

“We have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya,” Jason Thompson says in the clip, according to a report by BuzzFeed.


Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus attended the brunch, which was hosted by the Kenosha County Republican Party, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Members of the so-called birther movement often falsely believe the president was born in Kenya.

Thompson’s campaign suggested a paternal scolding.

“The Governor has addressed this with his son, just like any father would do,” the campaign said in a statement. “Jason Thompson said something he should not have, and he apologizes.”

Thompson, a former Wisconsin governor and George W. Bush administration official, is trailing Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) in the Badger State contest, 48 percent to 46 percent, according to a New York Times/CBS poll released last week.