Balking at a question from a reporter today about his true political ideology, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Jealous gave a profane answer that left some losing their grip on the puritanical world they apparently inhabit in 2018, and others deeming him entirely unfit to serve in political office.
The Washington Post’s Erin Cox (of The Sun, until recently) asked Jealous, who’s received backing from prominent lefty politicians like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, about Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign repeatedly labeling him as a socialist.
Jealous at first responded by explaining how he laughed at a recent New York Times interview with Hogan where he saw himself labeled as a socialist. Cox followed up on it, “Not to put too fine a point on it, but do you identify with the term ‘socialist?'” Jealous responded quickly, “Are you f—–g kidding me?”
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