Thread by @antihateca

Éric Duhaime has excused Islamophobic hate crimes, given lofty coverage to far-right politicians, and worked alongside haters like Faith Goldy. Now, he’s running for office - with the support of three Canadian senators.
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Best known as a conservative radio host & former Rebel correspondent, Duhaime has a history of making inflammatory and racist comments on the air. He’s now vying for leadership of the Conservative Party of Québec.
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He’s argued that racist street gang Atalante’s calls for “remigration,” meaning the deportation of non-white immigrants, was not hateful. And argued the Black community has “few heroes that they can be proud of” & that “when they do have heroes, they turn out to be zeroes.”
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While at The Rebel, Duhaime took up cause against a non-binding motion against Islamophobia calling it an “attempt to deprive the press of the right to free speech” and has said that Islam aims to “dominate the world.”
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His run has received endorsements from sitting senators, one of whom was a cabinet minister under Harper, as well as Leo Housakos, who faced criticism for claims that white supremacy was not a significant “threat to our way of life, to our communities, to our democracy.”
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