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Merkley...Georgia not on his Mind

Well, it sounds like Jeff Merkley put his foot in his mouth when asked a question about Georgia recently, according to the Oregonian. Here's the gist, from the article:

Merkley, in a tough election battle with Republican Sen. Gordon Smith,
seemed confused during a campaign stop in The Dalles Saturday morning when a
citizen asked for his opinion on what was going on in Georgia.

Merkley at first thought he was being asked about the U.S. state of
Georgia. Then, finally realizing he was being asked about the Russian invasion,
he took a pass on the question.

"I'll have to find out the details. I have been on the road the last three
days," Merkley said in the video, which was shot by a Republican tracker and
posted on the Internet Tuesday by Politico, a Washington, D.C.-based politics
web site.

My take:
Wow. Where do we start? I'd guess that, to put it mildly, I expect a major-party candidate for United States Senate to read the front page of a newspaper every day (or at least scan the headlines). But maybe I ask too much.
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