Woman asks Wash. state AG about Reproductive Parity Act, told to 'get a job' [View all]

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Yesterday outside the Bering Sea Fisheries Conference, a young woman approached attorney general and gubernatorial wannabe Rob McKenna to ask him his stance on the Reproductive Parity Act, a bill his fellow Republicans killed in the legislature last year, but on which he has refused to comment.

His response, as recorded in the audio above and transcribed below, was remarkably curt and rude:

Woman: "Mr. Mckenna."
McKenna: "Yes."
Woman: "What's your stance on the Reproductive Parity Act?"
McKenna: "My stance is I'm a lawyer for the State. You can turn that recorder off if you'd like, instead of trying to bushwhack me. It's not really very polite is it? Do you think you're honest?"
Woman: "I'm just wondering..."
McKenna: "Do you think you're being honest?"
Woman: "Huh?"
McKenna: "Are you being honest? Or are you just not going to answer my question?"
Woman: "I'm a youth worker who's wondering..."
McKenna: "You're not being honest. Forget it."
Woman: "Okay..."
McKenna: "You're just trying to gain a political advantage, sorry. Why don't you go get a job?"