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The office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vehemently denying accusations that she asked the U.S. to interfere in Canadian federal politics, as comments Smith made during an interview with an American news outlet earlier this month made waves this weekend.

Any suggestion that Smith asked the U.S. to interfere in Canada's election is "offensive and false," her press secretary, Sam Blackett, told CBC News in a statement.

"The longer this dispute goes on, politicians posture, and it seems to be benefiting the Liberals right now," Smith told Breitbart.

"Let's just put things on pause so we can get through an election," she said. "Let's have the best person at the table make the argument for how they would deal with it — and I think that's [Conservative Leader] Pierre Poilievre."

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[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"What I said is not what I meant," is a sad and verifiable lie.

Fuck Smith and the horse she rode in on.

[-] PandaParent@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 years ago

Just the fact that she was talking to Beitbart is interference enough.

[-] Binzy_Boi@feddit.online 30 points 2 years ago

What a fucking idiot. Gets fuck all after the visits to Mar-a-Lago and talks with Trump about Alberta oil, and then decides that she wants to cuck herself to deals within Canada by asking those same people who gave her diddly squat to interfere with the election as if they didn't just backstab her for the effort she put in to appease them.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago

PP is not going to be able to negotiate with anyone, he can come up with slogans and talk to people but without an apple in his hand he cannot be bothered to talk to people.

[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

Honestly. He can’t even slogan well.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Boots not suits"

- The biggest suit in Canada

[-] Corngood@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

The fucking nerve of the Tories. I feel so bad for Jagmeet and the NDP. We are so screwed if we can't change the electoral system asap.

[-] HonoredMule@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Slogan the grift!

[-] mski@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

"I didn't ask the US to interfere in the election, I just asked them to stop doing things temporarily so that we could get a certain election outcome."

[-] Dearche@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

"Offensive and false" when we have a publicly available recording of her doing exactly that on her province's dime while representing her province in a field she has nothing to do with. Premiers hold zero power outside of their provinces, and anything related to international relations is the responsibility of the federal government, not the provincial one.

She not only overstepped her bounds going to the US, did it on her people's tax dollars, only to do an act of both treason and election interference on the meantime. This, along with the countless illegal and corrupt activities she's been inacting within her own province, she should be investigated by the RCMP and CSIS and be crushed under the full weight of the book.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

“The words the woman I work for said are offensive and false.”

Interesting argument.

[-] overcooked_sap@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Can we not just send her to cunt island with all the other cunts. And then maybe Alberta can elect an adult.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Nenshi would be good. ;)

[-] fourish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

What else are they gonna say?

Where have I heard “fake news” before. Hmmm???

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Yes, keep this disaster in front of people's eyes. 👏

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