Thread by @HeatherMoAndCo

1. Andrew Lawton peddles in extremism. Erin O’Toole treating this propagandist as an actual journalist, normalizes far right disinformation & pretends it’s legitimate & reasonable. It isn’t. It’s the subversion of objective truth & facts. #elxn44 #cdnmedia #StopTheCPC

https://twitter.com/msamymacpherson/status/1434210655574413314

2. Andrew Lawton got his toxic start at “Rebel” so-called “News”. Where many far right extremists have gotten their propaganda launching pad. #NeverVoteCPC #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 #StopTheCPC

3. On Canada Day, when many chose to observe a day of mourning, to honour Indigenous lives lost at the hands of systemic racism, Andrew Lawton chose instead to dog whistle to neo-Nazis. #NeverVoteCPC #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 #cdnmedia #StopTheCPC

4. Now Lawton propagandizes for the equally toxic fake charity #TrueNorthCentre. The one Andrew Scheer told Canadians to listen to.
Please see past thread👇on this #DarkMoney funded disinformation operation:

https://twitter.com/heathermoandco/status/1366519261523562500?s=21

#NeverVoteCPC #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 https://t.co/VBrUlTDWD8

5. #TrueNorthCentre promotes similar disinformation as “Rebel News”, including amplifying white nationalists & xenophobic messaging. Tommy Robinson, for instance, is a well known neo-fascist, amplified by Rebel & TNC. #cdnmedia #NeverVoteCPC #Elxn44 #StopTheCPC

6. Rebel “News”, #TrueNorthCentre #ErinOToole, #ProudBoys, #PPC & a seemingly endless list of far right MAGA type extremists, all use the “free speech” trope as cover to excuse unfettered distribution of lies & disinformation to completely pollute the information space. #Elxn44

6. “It really is my identity. It really is my culture & it’s as legitimate as anyone else’s culture” says CCFR spokesman. TNC puts out the most jaw-dropping NRA type propaganda. One that targets Trudeau with a viciousness that can only stoke violence. #NeverVoteCPC #StopTheCPC

7. Thanks @househounds for this quote from @TorontoStar article from March 21, 2018. The #CPC’s ties to extremism have been routinely ignored or downplayed for many years. The 95% Conservative ownership of mainstream #cdnmedia is a big part of the problem. #Elxn44 #NeverVoteCPC