‘Daily Show’ reporter asks governor to pee in a cup

[MrScorpio]

A Comedy Central reporter crashed the governor’s news conference to ask him to prove he’s not on drugs.

BY MARY ELLEN KLAS

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott and his drug-testing policy became the unwitting target of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show on Wednesday as a reporter for the show broke into budget news conference and asked the governor to “pee in a cup.’’

“You’ve benefited from hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars over the years, so would you be willing to pee into this cup to prove to Florida taxpayers that you’re not on drugs?’’ Comedy Central reporter Aasif Mandvi asked. It was a reference to the governor’s drug-testing requirement imposed on all state employees and welfare recipients.

Scott didn’t miss a beat and said: “I’ve done it plenty of times.”

Mandvi, a former Tampa resident and University of South Florida student, then attempted to hand the sealed, official-looking collection cup to the governor. “We could all turn around, that’s fine,’’ he said. Scott ignored him.

Mandvi persuaded a reporter to hand the cup to the front row: “I hate to keep harping on this, would you pee in a cup?”

Scott shot back: “You don’t get to run this.”


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[GoCubsGo]

1. I was expecting Nikki Haley

She is also Gov. Pee-in-a-Cup.

[greytdemocrat]

2. Childish but funny. n/t

[Lawlbringer]

3. This happened a while ago

but still love it. Mandvi is my favorite correspondent on the show, he's well spoken, and his timing is perfect.

[mojowork_n]

4. My God, your'e right.

I like John Oliver, too, but Mandvi makes him sound like the Geico frog, or that cretin who used
to do "LifeStyles of the Rich and Famous," Robin Leach.