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Usually accessible Walker hasn’t taken questions lately

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks before signing a bill into law, a measure that prohibits requiring a worker to pay union dues in Brown Deer, Wis., on Monday, March 9, 2015. Walker, a likely presidential candidate fresh off a weekend visit to Iowa, signed the right-to-work bill affecting private-sector workers at an invitation-only ceremony at Badger Meter north of Milwaukee. The company's president was one of the few business owners who publicly supported the measure, which rocketed through the Legislature in less than two weeks. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks before signing a bill into law, a measure that prohibits requiring a worker to pay union dues in Brown Deer, Wis., on Monday, March 9, 2015. Walker, a likely presidential candidate fresh off a weekend visit to Iowa, signed the right-to-work bill affecting private-sector workers at an invitation-only ceremony at Badger Meter north of Milwaukee. The company's president was one of the few business owners who publicly supported the measure, which rocketed through the Legislature in less than two weeks. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks before signing a bill into law, a measure that prohibits requiring a worker to pay union dues in Brown Deer, Wis., on Monday, March 9, 2015. Walker, a likely presidential candidate fresh off a weekend visit to Iowa, signed the right-to-work bill affecting private-sector workers at an invitation-only ceremony at Badger Meter north of Milwaukee. The company's president was one of the few business owners who publicly supported the measure, which rocketed through the Legislature in less than two weeks. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)

By Associated Press 1 min read

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has repeatedly shown a fearlessness, and even affinity, for patiently taking questions from reporters following the most mundane events or in the face of embarrassing slip-ups.

But in the past week Walker has become much harder to reach as he ramps up for a likely 2016 presidential campaign.

Reporters were kept at a distance on Monday when Walker signed a right-to-work bill into law at an invite-only event outside of Milwaukee. His spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said Tuesday that his comments at the event spoke for themselves.

Walker didn’t take questions last week after a speech at a state chamber of commerce event. Patrick said he was sick.

The governor also left the Ag Summit Saturday in Iowa without taking reporters’ questions