Justin Trudeau sparks outrage after accusing Jewish conservatives of supporting swastikasBy Kenneth Garger
February 16, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked outrage Wednesday in the Canadian House of Commons when he accused a Jewish Conservative Party member of supporting “people who wave swastikas.”
Trudeau made the comments during the daily questioning period in the lower chamber of the Canadian Parliament after facing criticism from Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who became the first Jewish woman elected to her party last October, Fox News reported.
Lantsman recited two quotes from Trudeau – one in which he blasted the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protesters that have staged anti-COVID mandate demonstrations in Ottawa and at various border crossings.
“If Canadians are going to trust their government, their government needs to trust Canadians,” Lantsman said, repeating Trudeau’s words from 2015.
Lantsman then brought up how Trudeau recently labeled the protesters “very often misogynistic, racist, women-haters, science-deniers, the fringe.”
“Same prime minister, six years later as he fans the flames of an unjustified national emergency,” Lantsman said.
“When did the prime minister lose his way?” she asked, eliciting applause from members of her party.
But their claps soon turned to shouts after Trudeau, a member of the Liberal Party, responded.
“Conservative Party members can stand with people who wave swastikas, they can stand with people who wave the Confederate flag,” Trudeau said.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/16/justin-trudeau-sparks-outrage-after-accusing-conservatives-of-supporting-swastikas/
