“Out of nowhere Texans stood up and said, ‘CNN sucks, CNN sucks,’” Olson recalled, prompting laughs from his supporters. “Eighteen thousand voices chanting ’CNN sucks.’ It was awesome.”After the laughter died down, a woman asked Olson, first elected to the House in 2008, why the chant was “awesome.”“Because CNN sucks,” Olson responded, eliciting more guffaws from his supporters. Carpetbagger’s not a race,” Olson responded. During an extended back and forth, Olson never directly addressed why he mentioned Kulkarni’s ethnicity. Here’s video of the interaction, which begins a little after the seven-minute mark:

Source: Huffington Post October 29, 2018 21:56 UTC