Thread by @HeatherMoAndCo

Pierre Poilievre worked to oust #ErinOToole just as a large scale info-ops attack is launched in 🇨🇦. Now Poilievre says he’s “running for Prime Minister of 🇨🇦”. He hasn’t even won #CPC leadership, yet foreign troll farms are retweeting him en masse. None of this is coincidental.

https://twitter.com/heathermoandco/status/1489076413223387140

The past week+ I noticed a huge uptick in troll accounts amplifying Poilievre. It was creepy. Poilievre routinely gets boosted by fake “Canada Proud” & “Rebel” type troll networks. But this was different. Foreign troll networks amplifying the same messaging…& PP. #cdnpoli #CPC

At the same time…this was happening.

https://twitter.com/securedemocracy/status/1489686039975186434?s=21

#China #Russia #InfoOps #cdnpoli #OttawaOccupation #Xi #Putin

I saw 100s of fake accounts like this one, created in the past year or less, promoting #PierrePoilievre. Many fakes pretending to be BIPOC. This fake used an AI generated pic. I called it out & within minutes, it changed its pic & bio. Fortunately Twitter suspended it. #cdnpoli

Pierre Poilievre has been promoting #FluTruxKlan op relentlessly. An op that involves many #January6th insurrectionists, millions in #DarkMoney & a litany of malignant players from the far right. #cdnpoli #InfoOps

https://twitter.com/heathermoandco/status/1489381882987003908?s=21

#PierrePoilievre has been a part of similar ops in the past(#UnitedWeRoll). Dog whistling to white nationalists & spreading RW conspiracies, amplified across disinformation media. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre

I mean, does anyone seriously believe that PierrePoilievre’s wife (whose follower count has gone up very recently to 6K) got 10.4K authentic likes in 4 hours with nothing but a brand new hashtag?

I have some swamp land to sell you, if you do. 😏 #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre

I guess I should’ve frame grabbed that 6K follower count of Anaida Poilievre, because now suddenly it’s jumped another 482 in the past hour. 🤔 #cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative #CPC

Anaida Poilievre’s follower count is going up as quickly as a certain trucker “convoy” money laundering GoFundMe scam. #NevrePoilievre

In the span of a couple of hours, Anaida Poilievre’s follower count has gone up by over 700. Expect to see her account being used as a promotional tool as of today. #NevrePoilievre #cdnpoli #cpcldr

Over 2.4 thousand new “followers” since last night? Yeah, that sure seems authentic. 😏 @TwitterCanada @Twitter are you ok with this type of suspicious activity? #NevrePoilievre

Memory lane. That time Pierre Poilievre accepted a $21,600 trip, from the Chinese International Cooperation Association (a group with alleged ties to organized crime), taking his then girlfriend Anaida, to Taiwan for a week. #cdnpoli #NevrePoilievre

Nothing to see here, just white nationalist & #January6th insurrectionist, #PaulGosar, promoting Pierre Poilievre. 😳

#NevrePoilievre #cdnpoli #ProtoFascism