I love CBC radio and I love Carol Off. Over the years she has made me cry and made me laugh. Today she made me howl.
She conducted a phone interview with a Republican who’s an Iowa State Representative. He is planning to introduce a bill called “Suck it up, Buttercup” and it would be directed at Universities that he feels are coddling students by allowing them to protest the election results.
It didn’t go as he planned.
Carol wanted facts.
O: And where have you seen the coddling on campuses?
BK: I'm not ready to point fingers on specifics but I think we've all seen the reports across the entire country. We've seen them live on reports from reputable media sources. I have people reaching out to me from different states saying, hey, my kid, at this particular college today, the professor was actively discussing the possibility of bringing in a pony — a miniature pony so that people could use it to feel better about the election.
CO: Can I ask you where did that happen? Where was the discussion about bringing a pony to school?
BK: My job is to be finding this out. I'm not prepared to name names right now. I'm doing an investigation.
CO: I'm not asking you to name names — just where did it happen?
BK: Okay… [hangs up]
LOL
They called him back though…
That was all the time we got with Iowa Representative Bobby Kaufmann, before he hung up on us. When we called him back, he said simply, "I don't speak to media outlets with an agenda."
Edit: I totally forgot to put in the link!!
CBC As It Happens