“They” asked him what his current opinions were because they either knew what he was going to say, and it fit right into the narrative they’re building against Cruz,et. al., or they didn’t know what he was going to say, and just HOPED it would fit into the narrative. If it didn’t, they wouldn’t have reported it-—they would’ve ignored it.(And Dole wouldn’t have minded)
todays urinalists do seem to be mining rather than reporting dont they.