Question: What sort of instructions have you given to your caucus and candidates about wearing MAGA merchandise or using MAGA slogans?
Paraphrasing a little here because the annoying streamer pauses every two words to interject with something like “wow!” or “muh muh muh muh” making it difficult to actually hear the answer to the question.
Poilievre: The instruction is that we put Canada first whether that means standing up to American aggression or against the destructive Liberal policies that have made us weak and helpless and reliant on the US. I also made it clear we need to unleash the free enterprise system to reverse the destructive Liberal policies of the last ten years of taxes that have made us weak and supported extremism so we can restore the Canadian promise.
Aka, he wanys us to be America, free as long as you have enough money. Removing taxes will decrease government income, they still want a raise and they get it by cutting services or selling assets and it makes Canada weaker and increases poverty which increases crime rates.
“we’re gonna be fiscally responsible unlike the TAX AND SPEND LIBRULS” - proceeds to say they will spend 100 billion dollars while also cutting government revenues. 🥴🤡
So he dodges the question by sliding in talking points:
libruls bad … somehow
free enterprise … because regulation and safety are bad
drop taxes … and then services because no money
What’s the Canadian promise? Is it the same “private healthcare, fuck the unemployed, fuck the outsiders, why am I even talking to you plebes” conservative M-O?
We have had stagnant GDP growth for a decade, exploding housing prices, doctor shortage, food bank usage is skyrocketing, people are living in rest stops, on average we are poorer than the poorest state as they attempt to plaster over falling GDP using mass immigration. That is why Liberals are bad and why economic growth is important, part of that is dropping taxes so we can accrue investment, as the Bank of Canada literally raises the alarm bells for a lack of productive investment into Canada.
When you hurt poor people this badly for a decade usually you’d recognize the reality around you. If you’re going to tax people it also needs to be spent on something productive, not consumption but mass transit, why we still dont have high speed rail spanning from every major city while spending this much is a joke.
Liberal policies made us reliant on the US but aren’t the conservatives saying they are going to protect Canada’s sovereignty by trading with the US and using those profits to invest in the military? Wouldn’t that make us dependent on the US to solve the sovereignty issue that was started by the US?
Answering a question other than the one that was asked is a common avoidance technique used by politicians. It allows then to simulate a conversation and fill the air without actually saying anything.
Paying a modicum of attention to the actual content of what a politician says and rating how relevant what they say is to the matter being discussed is a very effective way to quickly determine whether you’re watching a guy with real convictions you want to vote for or a con artist.
I don’t find Poilievre’s performance wild so much as depressingly common.
The canned answer is standard-fare in politics because the media has been so happy to play clips of any mis-spoken comment on a loop starting in maybe the 90s?
The problem here is that he should have a goddamned canned response ready for such a soft-ball question. “We don’t tolerate that, I’ve told them if they are not for Canada, they are out!” (crowd cheers, he wins the election, yada yada). He can’t even manage that low bar.
But I think Trump set the stage for normalizing this, and it’s maddening to think that someone can hear what PP just said, and believe that he did a great job with that answer.
I don’t really want to click it… Can someone summarize? Lol
Question: What sort of instructions have you given to your caucus and candidates about wearing MAGA merchandise or using MAGA slogans?
Paraphrasing a little here because the annoying streamer pauses every two words to interject with something like “wow!” or “muh muh muh muh” making it difficult to actually hear the answer to the question.
Poilievre: The instruction is that we put Canada first whether that means standing up to American aggression or against the destructive Liberal policies that have made us weak and helpless and reliant on the US. I also made it clear we need to unleash the free enterprise system to reverse the destructive Liberal policies of the last ten years of taxes that have made us weak and supported extremism so we can restore the Canadian promise.
Aka, he wanys us to be America, free as long as you have enough money. Removing taxes will decrease government income, they still want a raise and they get it by cutting services or selling assets and it makes Canada weaker and increases poverty which increases crime rates.
Fuck Conservatives
“we’re gonna be fiscally responsible unlike the TAX AND SPEND LIBRULS” - proceeds to say they will spend 100 billion dollars while also cutting government revenues. 🥴🤡
So he dodges the question by sliding in talking points:
What’s the Canadian promise? Is it the same “private healthcare, fuck the unemployed, fuck the outsiders, why am I even talking to you plebes” conservative M-O?
We have had stagnant GDP growth for a decade, exploding housing prices, doctor shortage, food bank usage is skyrocketing, people are living in rest stops, on average we are poorer than the poorest state as they attempt to plaster over falling GDP using mass immigration. That is why Liberals are bad and why economic growth is important, part of that is dropping taxes so we can accrue investment, as the Bank of Canada literally raises the alarm bells for a lack of productive investment into Canada.
When you hurt poor people this badly for a decade usually you’d recognize the reality around you. If you’re going to tax people it also needs to be spent on something productive, not consumption but mass transit, why we still dont have high speed rail spanning from every major city while spending this much is a joke.
Liberal policies made us reliant on the US but aren’t the conservatives saying they are going to protect Canada’s sovereignty by trading with the US and using those profits to invest in the military? Wouldn’t that make us dependent on the US to solve the sovereignty issue that was started by the US?
Politician spews BS to avoid answering question about why one of his aides wore a stupid red MAGA hat.
Random Youtuber comments.
It’s wild to witness! Not only did he avoid the question, but he started going off about “The Liberals”! LOL
First time listening to a politician?
Answering a question other than the one that was asked is a common avoidance technique used by politicians. It allows then to simulate a conversation and fill the air without actually saying anything.
Paying a modicum of attention to the actual content of what a politician says and rating how relevant what they say is to the matter being discussed is a very effective way to quickly determine whether you’re watching a guy with real convictions you want to vote for or a con artist.
I don’t find Poilievre’s performance wild so much as depressingly common.
The canned answer is standard-fare in politics because the media has been so happy to play clips of any mis-spoken comment on a loop starting in maybe the 90s?
The problem here is that he should have a goddamned canned response ready for such a soft-ball question. “We don’t tolerate that, I’ve told them if they are not for Canada, they are out!” (crowd cheers, he wins the election, yada yada). He can’t even manage that low bar.
When it’s done once in a while, sure.
But I think Trump set the stage for normalizing this, and it’s maddening to think that someone can hear what PP just said, and believe that he did a great job with that answer.
Oh hell no. I’ve heard politicians use that trick literally for decades.
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