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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
He can't issue a statement that distances himself from extremists like that?
People pay attention. Voting people.
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"Issuing a statement" would be spun into an admission of guilt. PP has nothing to feel guilty about. He shook a man's hand at an event, that's it. Some media outlets elevated the man's profile to try to make it into a gotcha moment, but it didn't work, because PP didn't give into the smear job.
Similarly, Trudeau never issued statements condemning pedophilia after being photographed with convicted pedophiles at similar campaign events. Nobody demanded that he do so either.
Why? Because being photographed with a person doesn't equal a tacit endorsement of everything that person is about, especially when the photo is at a public meet/greet event. Deep down, we all know this, but we choose to ignore it when it's an opportunity to smear someone we dislike.