#BCElxn2024
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'Very close #BC election results, the final tally is not in yet. A climate denying conspiracy party almost takes power? In BC?? Has MAGA crept north?"
via/@Raffi Cavoukian
"Another way to look at #BCelection2024 is that the "conservatives" would LIKELY have won in a landslide if they weren't so batshit facebook nazi crazy."
via/@sidgracious
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@gemelliz
Not so sure I agree with this take, since the “batshit facebook nazi crazy” won his seat handily. 🫤 -
Yeah. According to this CBC article, a lot of the candidates who were deemed as the most controversial ended up winning their seats.
Controversial B.C. Conservative candidates targeted by NDP win seats in election | CBC News
B.C. Conservative candidates that were consistently targeted by the rival B.C. NDP for their past social media statements and behaviour — some of which were seen as racist or endorsing conspiracy theories — have won their seats, CBC News has declared.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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@markgrieveson
What conclusion can we draw from this other than a significant number of British Columbians are closeted racists, bigots and conspiracy nuts? -
@crispius @chris @markgrieveson @gemelliz Tracks with my personal experience ️
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@dx @crispius @markgrieveson @gemelliz a First Nations fellow I know who was at the gathering last night kept saying:
“What do these people (Conservative supporters) like about John Rustad!? The racism, or the bigotry!?”