TORONTO -During Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s appearance on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Monday night, his brother Councillor Doug Ford was forced to answer questions about his own past after a Toronto resident interrupted the interview.
While cameras were rolling, a man identified only as ‘Ken’ approached Doug Ford.
CNN’s Bill Weir said ‘Ken’ was complaining about a threatened eviction and a recent run-in with the police. As the councillor began ushering the man to the exit, Ken said, “I knew a lot of friends that bought hash from you, actually.”
“Yeah, okay, well that’s good, that’s good,” the councillor replied as he turned away and awkwardly rubbed the back of his head.
This past summer, The Globe and Mail published a report alleging Doug Ford sold hashish in Etobicoke in his youth.
These allegations have never been proven in court, and no charges have ever been laid against Ford.
When pressed by Weir, Doug vehemently denied he ever dealt hash.
“If you want to go calling, you know, going to your buddy and say ‘here, here’s a joint for 10 bucks, if that’s what you want to call…'” Ford said, saying he had admitted to smoking marijuana in the past.
When asked whether he was a libertarian, and if he believed that drugs like marijuana should be made legal, Doug said he supported medical marijuana but was against legalizing it for recreational use.
“I don’t think alcohol’s good… well, put it this way. If you’re going to compare alcohol to someone smoking a joint, if someone’s going to drink and get hammered, or someone’s smoking a joint, and you’re going to go out with him, in my opinion, I’m going out with the guy who’s nice and calm.”
When Weir asked what he thought about crack, Doug said “it’s nasty stuff.”
As the segment drew to a close, Weir asked Doug if he and his brother had any political allies left and if they had ever had them at all.
“No, we never had any in the beginning. We have the power of the people,” replied Doug, who then said he was gearing up to target the councillors who had turned against them.
Ford ended his interview with Weir the same way his brother had — discussing U.S. politics.
“We make Chicago politics look like a tea party,” he said, as Weir laughed.
“Let me tell you, it’s vicious.”
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