Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU.

A conservative content company, it describes itself as an educational media platform devoted to furthering U.S. values. Its content, approved for use in schools by several states, has been criticized for downplaying the harms of slavery and climate change and distorting historic events.

Shapiro, co-founder of conservative media company The Daily Wire and former editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, has made past homophobic and transphobic comments. More recently, he’s made social media posts about Canada becoming the 51st state of the U.S.

“When we take Canada, you will be expelled to Panama to work the canal,” Shapiro posted on X in response to a post made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in January.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Smith also appeared on a Breitbart News radio show over the weekend.

So this person is already trash.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 year ago

100% she's been filled with hate from the start. She was basically elected on an anti-LGBTQ and antivax platform.

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, 100%.

Prior to being the head of the current conservative party, she was the head of the now defunct, even farther right Wildrose party. She's a textbook example of a regressionist.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

It's important to read the resumes of those you hire. In Smith's case, she went from university to agitprop then to radio shock jock before politics.

In other words, all she's ever done is blahblahblah persuasion and rhetoric. She's never been employed making anything other than misinformation and wealth for the wealthy.

She's a trained professional... liar.

Not surprisingly, another Albertan great deceptor with an empty resume runs the national rich-get-richer party.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Good for the NDP here.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is she not under some RCMP investigation now, or is that the UCP in general?

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Last I heard they said a third party retired judge from Manitoba investigating would suffice. It don’t pass the smell test.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Smith can go down to Florida and stay there after she goes and fucks herself!

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Hey, if someone can get a clean shot while that little shitweasel is up there....

[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This woman is a shit-stain on AB.