What Is Wrong with Canada’s Conservatives?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 10:27 amWhat Is Wrong with Canada’s Conservatives?
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Poilievre and Rustad offered chilling responses to the Trump shooting.
Paul Willcocks - July 15 2024 - The Tyee
Pierre Poilievre and John Rustad posted that they were ‘happy’ and ‘relieved,’ respectively, to learn that the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump had been killed. Photo of Poilievre by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian Press. Photo of Rustad via BC Conservative party.
How, exactly, did today’s conservatives devolve from serious people into members of a populist cult missing basic moral principles?
When Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, politicians were quick to condemn the attack and wish him well. Even fierce political opponents.
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre went further.
“I condemn in the strongest terms the attempted murder of former President Trump today. I am relieved he is safe. My prayers are with other innocent people harmed or killed by this heinous act,” he tweeted. . . . "
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Poilievre and Rustad offered chilling responses to the Trump shooting.
Paul Willcocks - July 15 2024 - The Tyee
Pierre Poilievre and John Rustad posted that they were ‘happy’ and ‘relieved,’ respectively, to learn that the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump had been killed. Photo of Poilievre by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian Press. Photo of Rustad via BC Conservative party.
How, exactly, did today’s conservatives devolve from serious people into members of a populist cult missing basic moral principles?
When Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, politicians were quick to condemn the attack and wish him well. Even fierce political opponents.
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre went further.
“I condemn in the strongest terms the attempted murder of former President Trump today. I am relieved he is safe. My prayers are with other innocent people harmed or killed by this heinous act,” he tweeted. . . . "
More . . .