I went to college in Seattle and worked on the school paper for a year. Dimwits like this one are common as houseflies in journalism.
I made a friend on that paper while I was there, even further to the right than I am. We were also several years older than the rest of the students. Needless to say, we had a lot of fun torturing these baby liberals.
I can see where asking them to answer the simplest of questions....could be very entertaining!