The CPC, and their enabling press & surrogates, wish us to believe they haven't behaved like Trump's GOP. That they haven't copies Trump tactics, to try to get it to work in Canada as well.

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Here's a screenshot I made of a quote-tweet from just after the CPC leadership win, that indicates otherwise
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related to screenshot in tweet 2/
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during the day of the election, for CPC leader, I made a screenshot of CBC PnP's coverage - when the second ballot count had just been announced. Note that before the third ballot, Leslyn Lewis had the highest percentage of votes. You know who Dr Lewis' followers are? M*GA
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The CPC are also connected to the CCFR - NRA North
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An example, early on - August 27, when Erin O'Toole promised to 'Fight' for Canadians. Where else have we heard 'fight'? Think of Trump & Cruz, when they were whipping up the crowds on Jan 6, before they mobbed the halls of Congress
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Here is Charles Adler, responding to CPC MP Findlay regarding her post where she shared a conspiracy site & asked us to beware of Finance Minister Freeland. Btw, Findlay never apologized to Freeland
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Also, regarding tweet 7/, CPC leader O'Toole never penalized her for this. When asked by reporters for his comment, he hid behind his office staff & had them respond. Their statement was that MP Findlay deleted the tweet. That's it!
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Another response, this time from @Ottawa_Cameron, also related to MP Findlay's dog whistling - something that Trump & the GOP do
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Press, like Postmedia's Lorrie Goldstein, are mouthpieces for the CPC. He comes to their rescue, when they're under fire from Cdns. They have not disavowed some of his Trump-like rhetoric. Here's a sample of his type of rhetoric
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as far as I'm concerned, as long as the writers that support the CPC have a reputation for using similar tactics as Trump & the GOP, the CPC should not be using them to further their message(s) - if they wish Cdns to believe they're not Trump-lite
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related to tweets 10 and 11
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these are their comms people - whether by association through Postmedia, or as press secretaries for conservative politicians - in this case Matt Wolf is provincial, but the Alberta UCP often share the same material with the CPC
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Here is a screenshot I made of two consecutive tweets from @Justin_Ling, when he was reporting on outgoing CPC leader Scheer's farewell speech. Read this, and ask if what Scheer said, isn't something Trump or Sen Cruz would say
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Mr O'Toole thinks the "Liberal brand" is: Climate Change, Indigenous Reconciliation, & Gender. In other words, he doesn't think these are files of interest to all Canadians. I beg to differ. The only ones who don't think these are important, are his type of conservative
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btw, regarding tweet 15/ - the CPC leader never did answer my question. Also, I ask you to consider - is climate change, indigenous reconciliation & gender, also slammed by Trump and the GOP? Consider how 45 et al. have treated these topics. Parallels?
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the CPC have used the RCAF as a form of branding. Please check my pinned tweet-thread for more on this topic. Trump has also surrounded himself with law & order types & made a big deal about Space Force & so on. Both CPC & 45 use military, and similar orgs, as brand
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I also see a parallel between 45 and his focus on industries that are transitioning out as well as primarily staffed by males, and the same focus from the CPC. My screenshot doesn't show the date, but the file date is Sept. 23, 2020
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the CPC want us to think they're more honest than Trump. Yet it was dishonest of them to post a video that they added words to the post, supposedly said by PM Trudeau, but you can play the video they shared & the message is different than their claim
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the CPC's use of terminology like "wealthy, elite & insider friends" sounds like Trump at one of his rallies, IMHO. This push by Mr O'Toole (and Scheer before him), to come across like the humble person raised in a modest background, is disingenuous
(file date Oct 5, 2020)
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Like Trump, Erin O'Toole talks about standing up to China. He doesn't suggest how, or consider the consequences of any action. Unrealistic & simplistic 'tough talk' (IMHO). Also, ironic, considering his party's history with FIPA trade deal under Harper
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Re tweet 20/ here's an example of Erin O'Toole trying to be just a regular guy, similar to the type of rhetoric Trump used. Not completely honest, IMHO. After all, he makes it seem like his dad worked on the assembly line, yet was actually an executive - for two decades.
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Please look at this screenshot and ask yourself: is this an American GOP message, or a Canadian one? (file date Nov 24, 2020), 'Freedom of Speech'
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and then there's this
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Dishonest, like Trump. Playing games with words to imply one thing, when in fact it's another thing. If CPC wish us to think they're not like Trump, they need to be more honest, play less games
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another example of dishonesty, as noted Trump is dishonest - do we want this in our Cdn pols? It's one thing to use political spin, but Mr O'Toole is proving to be as misleading with his posts on this platform, as his predecessor (h/t @Swift01_2000)
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Then there's this. Also consider the Trump admin's record with American indigenous communities during his time in office. Both Trump & O'Toole share the same bad worldview w/r/t indigenous peoples (IMHO)
I could go on, do have more material, but I think I've made my point.
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adding this tweet by @Swift01_2000 - into the main thread, so that it doesn't get moved down by responses https://t.co/ERNCYjLpJH
*copied Trump's tactics (not 'copies Trump') - sorry for the typos in my initial tweet
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@jessica_pomps reminded me about when the CPC claimed the federal Liberals were planning to rig the next election. Very Trumpian. They had to delete their statements they'd made on their website & as part of their fundraising, but here's a screenshot (h/t @MJosling53)

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