#ClusterFord 🧵Rewind to the June 2022 vote:
Hamilton-area PC candidate Neil Lumsden spilled the beans and admits the decision to skip a local all-candidates’ meeting was made by Boss Ford's operatives in the PC party, and not him. “We get direction on a day-to-day basis on.../2
Hamilton-area PC candidate Neil Lumsden spilled the beans and admits the decision to skip a local all-candidates’ meeting was made by Boss Ford's operatives in the PC party, and not him. “We get direction on a day-to-day basis on.../2
https://twitter.com/NeilLumsdenMPP/status/1594470706305187840
"...what we’re going to do,” said former CFL'er Lumsden, running in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek. “I was told that on the (May) 25th, we’re not participating at this point, so that’s the way it is.”
Ford's MPPs failed to appear for debates on a frequent basis in the 2022.../3
Ford's MPPs failed to appear for debates on a frequent basis in the 2022.../3
...campaign, and observers saw the same no-show policy in 2018; 3 of the 4 candidates in Sudbury took part in an online debate May 11/22, but the Ford candidate was absent;
In a CityNews spot check of 34 local debates across the province, 22 PCs did not participate while 10.../4
In a CityNews spot check of 34 local debates across the province, 22 PCs did not participate while 10.../4
...Green Party candidates failed to show.
In stealth campaign mode for weeks, kept under wraps by his handlers, the Phantom Ford went underground after the May 10 North Bay debate, in line with a premier saddled with a questionable record and a well-recognized inability to.../5
In stealth campaign mode for weeks, kept under wraps by his handlers, the Phantom Ford went underground after the May 10 North Bay debate, in line with a premier saddled with a questionable record and a well-recognized inability to.../5
...speak extemporaneously.
Ford skipped all 3 pre-election debates in April while Leaders Del Duca, Horwath and Schreiner were displaying the attendance that the truant premier, Master of the Teleprompter but unable to speak off-the-cuff under fire, has rarely if ever.../6
Ford skipped all 3 pre-election debates in April while Leaders Del Duca, Horwath and Schreiner were displaying the attendance that the truant premier, Master of the Teleprompter but unable to speak off-the-cuff under fire, has rarely if ever.../6
...attained;
A Vaughan company with "a record of donations" to Ontario PCs claims to be investigating after video surfaces of a man driving a company van methodically taking down Liberal lawn signs in Lecce's Brampton district; /7
A Vaughan company with "a record of donations" to Ontario PCs claims to be investigating after video surfaces of a man driving a company van methodically taking down Liberal lawn signs in Lecce's Brampton district; /7
Police were investigating vandalism involving 16 election signs in the district of incumbent Liberal MPP Mitzi Hunter. Nazi, fascist and blackface were the epithets of choice; /8
Lisa MacLeod supporters in Nepean allegedly vandalized and straight-up stole the signs of a registered non-profit/third party group advocating for the rights of autistic children and youth. Loud MacLeod and DoFo evidently believe 50K (on the autism waitlist) is OK. /9
Ford, reaching back to his 2018 playbook, is accused of using paid actors to create the illusion of strong support at 2022 debate venues; par for the course, in the 2018 incidents, Ford blamed the local candidate for the tacky move.
#CLUSTERFORD
docs.google.com/document/d/1DL…
#CLUSTERFORD
docs.google.com/document/d/1DL…
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