Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are at it again.
Desperate to have a “faux-rage scandal du jour,” they decided to, SHOCK!, take something the Prime Minister said out of context so they can make BS accusations against him.
For those of you who aren’t in the know, the Liberals are having a minister’s retreat.
It’s a thing that all parties do, but that didn’t stop Pierre Poilievre from trying to make political hay out of it by being his usual childish self:
“But he’s in a retreat today! In more than one way. Yes, there’s the expensive retreat that Liberal ministers were coming together to pat themselves on the back and spend your money on luxury for themselves.”
(Says the guy campaigning in Vancouver on our dime, whose house is in Ottawa, just a half-hour drive from the taxpayer-funded mansion he currently lives in.)
As for the whole pizza oven BS, you can read about it here:
Fact-check thread on the disinformation that the government is trying to shut down pizza ovens and bagel shops.
TLDR; they’re not. https://t.co/IfAusI9c5U— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) January 24, 2024
Just another lie from the Cons so they can keep farming that rage!
Then there’s also the lie about the Prime Minister’s vacation costing us taxpayers EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!
Holy moly, that’s a lot of dough…and, of course, bullshit.
That’s how much the stay at the Prime Minister’s friend’s property would cost if you or I went. However, the property owner, who is life-long friends with the Prime Minister and who can let whomever the hell they want to stay on their damn property, didn’t charge anything.
So, anyway. Back to today’s BS from the CPC.
The Prime Minister gave a speech at the party’s retreat, and, as they always do, the Cons tried to steal all the attention by dropping another bullshit rage-farming bomb.
Federal Conservative candidate for Durham, Jamil Jivani, who is a former Sun columnist, posted this video:
Common Sense Conservatives led by @PierrePoilievre will put an end to this nonsense.
My response to Justin Trudeau calling me a "two-fer" at the Liberal caucus retreat. pic.twitter.com/aEiQJe6UOi
— Jamil Jivani (@jamiljivani) January 26, 2024
This is how the Toronto Sun reported it:
“CAUGHT” on camera? That makes it sound like the Prime Minister didn’t know he was standing in front of cameras, microphones, and his cabinet ministers giving a live speech broadcast on TV. No, no. He was CAUGHT!
Here’s the full speech (caught on video and uploaded to the Liberals YT channel. I wonder if they’re aware?):
Mr. Jivani claims he doesn’t know what the PM meant when he said “twofer,” which is an outright lie.
Jaro posted a video showing what the PM actually said:
Here is full context of what PM @JustinTrudeau meant when he referred to Jamil Jivani as a twofer.
"We have some new candidate in Durham, is a twofer. He is both an Idealogue and an insider. What he is not is someone who has lived and served in the community for years."… pic.twitter.com/azLUdAD4oV
— Jaro Giesbrecht (@JaroGiesbrecht) January 26, 2024
Here are some responses:
I’m so sick of conservatives constantly misleading their constituents. #NeverVoteConservative
— Bev (@Garnet_2203) January 26, 2024
They are flooding the zone with shit.
CPC fabrication to distract from the assault that took place at Poilievre's rally in Coquitlam as well as from Premier Smith's open embrace of Maga funded russian assets Carlson, Peterson and Black
— colleenm (@gomindshine1) January 26, 2024
Yeah, Pierre Poilievre had someone violently thrown out of a rally, and nobody said a thing.
Pierre Poilievre smiles as heckler gets violently thrown out of rally
Sorry … why is this an issue?
— Ginger M Edwin 💙💛 (@GingerMEdwin) January 26, 2024
This is why…
They're so damned desperate, they're salivating.
— TinyDancer 🇨🇦 (@MaroonWendi) January 26, 2024
Yes. They want to stay in the headlines but I also think they’re desperate to distract from this:
CSIS Investigating Southwestern Ontario Conservative Nomination Vote, Conservative Sources Say
Dean wrote about it here:
As for the term “twofer”, Diane Marie posted this:
Dictionary time! #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/sYDezehWSL
— Diane Marie (@DianeMariePosts) January 26, 2024
Desperate to steal the headlines. At any cost. Conservatives don’t care about who they hurt or whom they’re exploiting to score political points.
Just the other day, it was this:
Disgusting.@mferreriptbokaw doesn't give a damn about the victim.
She just this as something she can exploit to score cheap political points.
With @PierrePoilievre's #CPC there's no low too low.#cdnpoli https://t.co/jmoWeMNGb1
— Jason Pugh 🏳️🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) January 24, 2024
There have been many examples of Conservatives exploiting horrible situations to score cheap political points:
SCANDAL NUMBER FIVE – The one they dropped overnight: Healing lodge transfers
This is the best response to the Cons:
Pete crushes @jamiljivani’s lame attempt to spread racist disinformation and how he’s the victim of a racist smear. This is what misinformation farmed by lying assholes looks like. @CreekPete2 pic.twitter.com/JL1n7Pp1Ot
— Dean Blundell🇨🇦 (@ItsDeanBlundell) January 26, 2024
Douglas over at the True North Eager Beaver Podcast issued this apology:
#Beavertails, episode 3
Two-fer: A Beaver Lodge Apology@Paulysworld @TheCrierMedia @ItsDeanBlundell pic.twitter.com/RzIe0HSNLV
— True North Eager Beaver Podcast (he/him/Mr Beaver) (@TrueEager) January 26, 2024
Very brave of you, Douglas!
And I’ll end with G.T. Lem’s tweet:
I'm done with this "Toofer" issue – if you run into people calling out Trudeau on this – just use the video below
More you talk about it – more attention you give Jamil Jivani – which is what he wants – to play the victim
Only people outraged – are Conservatives @Red_Toryism pic.twitter.com/QeEsWxL2Er
— G.T. Lem 林 家 聰 (@gtlem) January 26, 2024
Exactly.
I have one question, though.
Does being a liar AND a Conservative make one a “twofer,” or does that go hand-in-hand?
JP