Candidate falls for hoax, proposes drug-sniffing police bunnies

[brooklynite]

Philadelphia Inquirer:

When asked about drugs at a Phoenixville mayoral forum, Republican nominee Dave Gautreau proposed that, if elected, he would look into getting drug-sniffing bunnies for the borough police department.

Though it seems like a harebrained idea, Gautreau was as serious as the killer rabbit of Caerbannog.

“I was dead-serious,” he said of the idea he presented at the Thursday forum. “I would not make a joke about a rabbit if I did not believe it to be true.”

Residents wary of the proposal did what the candidate did not do: They hopped on the internet.

A quick search clearly reveals the joke. The fuzz at the police department in Amherst, N.Y., proposed narcotics rabbits on their Facebook page as an April Fool’s joke in 2016 and a satire page called People of Lancaster posted a fake article about Lancaster police getting drug-sniffing bunnies in March 2016.

[get the red out]

1. They are cute bunnies

Squeeee!!!! But German Shepherd Dogs are cute too, and a bit more conventional for the drug-sniffing dog line of work

[underpants]

2. And when the bunny found the weed nature kicked in and things got WEIRD

[Iliyah]

3. LOL

I saw a pic of someone holding a leash with a cute little bunny at the end re: drug sniffing bunny. Well I kind of shook my head but alas also on same page saw another article where a mayoral candidate (R) has been in contact with aliens. Oh bunny candidate is also a "R". Now with chaos and crazy in the WH, chaos and crazy running both houses, and chaos and crazy overall in the GOPs, I don't know to laugh or cry.

[longship]

6. Look at the bones!!

[matt819]

4. Is this buffoon related to the alien abductee in Florida?

Someone needs to write a book titled, The Death of Shame.

These troglodytes have always been with us, but until this century they remained firmly ensconced under rocks. No more.

[jberryhill]

5. I would not make a joke about a rabbit if I did not believe it to be true.

Just reflect on the thought process behind that sentence.

He would not make a joke about a rabbit, if he did not believe it to be true? In other words, if there actually were drug sniffing rabbits, then he would make jokes about them?

I don't get what he is trying to say there, and I don't think he gets it either.

[mdbl]

8. He's a repuglican

what's there to get? He's there for the free dinners and special interest handouts.

[pansypoo53219]

7. rats better.

[trof]

9. Repugs are easily bamboozled.