Gary Johnson blows up when interviewer presses him on his tax policy

[TexasTowelie]

Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate, tried to change the subject to marijuana legalization when a reporter pressed him on his tax policy in an interview, published Thursday, that grew increasingly heated.

"Well, I'm an idiot," Johnson said, sarcastically opening the interview with The Guardian's Paul Lewis. "Really, I'm the dumbest guy you've ever met in your life."

Johnson was alluding to the fact that interviewers have continued to harp on his publicized gaffes in recent weeks, including being unfamiliar with Aleppo, Syria's largest city, and not being able to name a single foreign leader he admired.

After a contentious discussion of Johnson's poll numbers — he's hovering around 5.8% in the RealClearPolitics average — Lewis turned the conversation to the Libertarian nominee's tax policy.

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[sotheyclaimDem]

1. Hopefully this year is the last we'll see of him.

[shenmue]

2. Yeah

[Mendocino]

3. Who am I, why am I here?

Every election needs an Admiral Stockdale.

[FSogol]

4. I think he proved he's a total moron at the end of this interview:

[Daemonaquila]

5. Johnson haters have it all wrong.

Look, he says some dumb things, but he's also taking away Trump votes. Go Johnson! Plus, his VP just tacitly endorsed Hillary. He'a no dumber than Shrub or Cruz or Jeb, and he's doing a public service for us. We should be encouraging him to be a perennial right-wing vote splitter, and enjoy his humor value.

[Coyotl]

6. He's no Ross Perot. Perot took votes away from Republicans. Johnson takes undecideds.

I'd like to see a poll with ranked responses to test the idea that he is pulling Trump supporters. I doubt that.

[LisaL]

7. Gary seems to be taking somewhat evenly from both Clinton and Trump.

If you look at most pols.
I wish McMullin was doing better in other states not just Utah.