Walker Dodges Question on Whether Being Gay Is a Choice

Wisconsin Governor and 2016 GOP contender Scott Walker did the ol’ two step on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning when correspondent Dana Bash asked him whether he thought being gay was a choice. The question comes after Walker pretzeled himself last week on comments about gay Boy Scout leaders.

“That’s not even an issue for me to be involved in,” Walker told Bash. “The bottom line is, I’m going to stand up and work hard for every American regardless of who they are, no matter where they come from…no matter whether they vote for me or not.”

Bash asked how he intended to do that without an understanding about those people.

“I don’t have an opinion on every single issue out there,” Walker said. “I mean to me that’s — I don’t know. I don’t know the answer to that question. So I’m saying, from an opinion standpoint, I don’t know what the answer to that is. And I’m going to spend my time focused on things that I do know and what I can work on.”

This came just moments after Walker bragged that “one thing that people find unique, I guess, whether you like it or not, is I actually answer questions.” Bash pointed out, on the Boy Scouts issue, “But you’re not answering this one.”

Watch below, via CNN:

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