Canterbury Mornings

National deputy leader Gerry Brownlee says he is "not at all comfortable" that he might have aided conspiracy theorists by asking whether the Government was covering up information about the recent Covid-19 outbreak.Brownlee, in a press conference with leader Judith Collins, raised a series of questions on Wednesday that suggested the Government knew more than it had announced about Covid-19 community transmission.National Party leader Judith Collins and deputy leader Gerry Brownlee. Photo / Mark MitchellBut Brownlee told Newstalk ZB's Canterbury Mornings host Chris Lynch this morning that he got himself into a "bad spot" with those comments, saying he wasn't trying to spur on conspiracy theorists but simply get as many facts out there as possible."I got myself into a bad spot the other day," he said."I'm not at all comfortable that I might have unleashed some sort of credence to those people."He said the way his comments had been presented was "unfortunate"."I certainly didn't enjoy it, it's not my intention