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Justin Trudeau calls out Pierre Poilievre for not denouncing endorsement by Alex Jones

by Lorraine Carpenter

“Those kinds of endorsements fit within his political strategy.”

In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called out Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre for failing to denounce an endorsement that Poilievre recently received from Alex Jones. Jones is an infamous alt-right radio personality and conspiracy theorist in the U.S. who was ordered to pay $1.1-billion in defamation damages to parents of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in New Jersey.

“Any responsible leader that received an endorsement and support from proven conspiracy theorist and liar Alex Jones would have immediately denounced that. But that’s not what the leader of the opposition did. He did absolutely nothing, because those kinds of endorsements fit within his political strategy.”

Justin Trudeau calls out Pierre Poilievre for not denouncing endorsement by Alex Jones

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.