Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre finds his spine, shuts down "reporter" citing unnamed 'experts' saying he's trying to 'court the far right vote'

posted 1 year ago by YesMovement 1 year ago by YesMovement +22 / -2

VIDEO: https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1691902675250561056

The "reporter" in question is Teresa Wright, who was recently fired by MSM: https://archive.is/TzM8M

I tried to ask Pierre Poilievre whether he is trying to court the far-right vote. He would not answer the question, saying my question sounded like a CBC smear job and a distraction from the real issues.

Of course our pal Rachel Gilmore came to her defense in a big way:

https://archive.is/qTbYd

Put some goddamn respect on @ReporterTeresa’s name. Teresa is the woman who broke the Mike Duffy story. She is tenacious and smart as hell. You’d shrivel like a raisin trying to achieve a fraction of what she has while dealing with a shred of the adversity she’s faced.

https://archive.is/UyGCI

Personally I’d expect any political leader (yes, including Trudeau) to be willing to answer a question about an issue that’s been reported this widely without requiring me to have memorized the academics who said it in order to do so: cites articles written by Trudeau-funded media, half of them written by HERSELF

She then says she can tell PP is aware of the “enormous support” to be gained from tapping into extremist communities by deadass citing a book called "Men Who Hate Women: From Incels To Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny And How It Affects Us All": https://archive.ph/SrA8e

No, really: https://archive.ph/9gE6X

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– YesMovement [S] 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

Sometimes I wonder if Liemore is just a Brittany Venti-level troll, it's hard to believe anyone is this combination of stupid, dishonest & Liberal party shill.

Somewhat sane/conservative commentator :Tristin Hopper

I've had public figures respond to me like this. After I wallowed in shame for a while, it generally prompted me to ask more direct and better-researched questions.

Crymore: https://archive.is/tIPdC

This is such a dogshit take. Poilievre, who read the CP article, knows who the experts are. He used that as an excuse to dodge the question. Maybe attack the people in power who won’t give a straight answer rather than the reporters asking the questions.

https://twitter.com/TristinHopper/status/1691942136571412792

Experts say my take is correct.

I love when feminists reveal their internalized misogamy. She just knows a straight, white male like PP is so smart he knows every so-called "expert" who writes bad things about him but just accepts the wammin reporter is so dumb she can't possibly think of a single "expert" she herself sourced her own question from. She can't be expected to name someone she's citing- she's just a dumb, silly little girl!

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– YesMovement [S] 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

Another thing is what kind of "expert" decides if someone's "courting the far right"? Do you get a doctorate in "far-right courting"?? At least with the covid bullshit there were people who were doctors and supposed to be (in theory at least) actual experts on disease & medicine.

https://twitter.com/TristinHopper/status/1691945867673219196

"Experts say you just stopped beating your wife. Care to comment?"

"Which experts?"

"Wife-beating experts."

https://twitter.com/TristinHopper/status/1691944490314117526

Which experts? Well, if you don't know I'm not telling.

https://twitter.com/TristinHopper/status/1691930134520185227

I mean, if a politician responded "oh, experts say my policy is fine," it is absolutely our job to ask them what the goddamned hell they are talking about.