John Ivison
@IvisonJ
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Political journalist, author of The Riotous Passions of Robbie Burns and Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister.
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This is the kind of extreme, radical multiculturalism we've been hearing about. Clearly a grave threat to our way of life.
A first snowfall for Eritrean children new to Canada.
#NewcomersWelcome
#WelcomeToCanada
#RefugeesWelcome
#privatesponsorship
#BVOR
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Best John Glenn quote: "As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of rocket was supplied by lowest bidder."
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I’m on vacation but can’t stop watching the train wreck taking place in slow motion in Ottawa. Trudeau has now removed the only person in Cabinet with business experience and handed the task of economic recovery to a journalist. As a journalist, I find that concerning.
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I have a dream in which the prime minister of this country attempts to govern on behalf of all Canadians, not just those who endorse his ideological crusade. Silly, I know….
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A future Liberal government would provide $2,000 travel bursaries to send Canadians camping. I think that might be the stupidest thing I've heard so far in this election.
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Bugger. I'm one of 61 Canadians just sanctioned by Russia. There goes the trip to Moscow.
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@JustinTrudeau
arrives in Vancouver. Trade secret - the obligatory wave on arrival is a bit of a sham. There’s no-one here but staff and reporters - and he’s definitely not waving at us.
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Surreal moment wandering through Schiphol airport in Amsterdam and seeing Ottawa’s parliamentary precinct all over every TV. The world is watching - and not in a good way.
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I know the arguments against the handgun ban but it is long overdue. It has worked in the UK. I realize it is likely to work less well in a country that sits next to the United States. But just because you can’t do everything doesn’t mean you do nothing.
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The story so far: Ottawa Police had tow trucks lined up; the OPP say there was no threat to national security; and the RCMP indicated no need for additional powers. The government’s case is looking thinner than a hermit’s address book. via
@CityNewsKIT
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We’re in the middle of a national crisis and the House of Commons is like a kindergarten sandbox.
@MelissaLantsman
asks
@JustinTrudeau
when he lost his way. He replies that Conservative members have been standing with people waving Swastikas. Bedlam ensues.
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This man should be the federal environment minister
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Some quite unpleasant folks have come out to greet the Liberal leader in Nobleton, Ont.
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This opens the floodgates. Will smokers and/or drinkers be next?
COVID live updates: Unvaccinated Quebec adults will have to pay a health contribution, Legault says
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My wife has been sick with a persistent cough, so we have self-isolated. I’ve been fine, except I’ve completely lost my sense of smell. Upside - can’t even smell poopy diapers. This, apparently, is a suspected symptom of COVID. I didn’t know, so I’m telling you. Stay home.
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I’ve been a journalist for more than 30 years and have never encountered this “collusion”. Worst thing is
@andrewscheer
knows that and is just trying exploit the ignorance of his more credulous followers.
No wonder Trudeau wants to censor all but four or five Liberals news sources: they all coordinate in attacking Poilievre with the same false headline. Collusion?
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"It would be irresponsible and unfair to pass on more debt to the next generations" - Chrystia Freeland, after eight consecutive unbalanced budgets and a doubling of the national debt.
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Heart-breaking
Video of Ukrainian father saying goodbye to his kids while he stays behind to fight.
Fuck war.
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Appalling footage of Hamas supporters celebrating in Toronto. In 2015, a Senate committee recommended updating the hate law to consider it an offence to glorify terrorists, terrorist acts or terrorist symbols. Nothing was done.
The Liberals should revisit that recommendation.
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Missed my first budget in 15 years. But my 17 year old son was in the HoC. Here's his take: "Cons made complete fools of themselves".
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Canada should update its hate laws to ban glorification of terror.
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I moved to Canada 20 years ago this month. I'd already studied here at two universities, which means I've spent nearly half my life here. I am grateful beyond words for the opportunities I have had in the greatest country in the world. Happy Canada everyone.
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The extreme lengths he went to emphasize he doesn’t read intelligence briefings was beyond odd.
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It’s taken too long but this is a vindication of the Trudeau government’s strategy of pressuring the Whitehouse to strike a deal with Meng Wanzhou and link it to the case of the two Michaels.
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Trudeau looks and sounds like a man who is fighting for his political life.
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Compare and contrast: Poilievre says Hamas is a "terrorist death cult" maximizing suffering for everyone, uses human shields in a war it started.
Trudeau says the pathway to peace is "getting more difficult with all the hardship that Palestinians are going through."
Words matter
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It’s always amusing to hear an MP walk the line - “Hunting rifles are not banned - that’s disinformation by the gun lobby” - only to find the PM has changed the line, without telling them - “Uh… we may need to take another look at this…”.
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It is passing strange that
@JustinTrudeau
can coax a tear for any transgression that took place before October 2015, yet has still to express even a tinge of regret for anything that has taken place since.
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It feels like Canada is splintering into two tribes - the intolerant, authoritarian woke lunatics on the left and the spittle-flecked, hateful lunatics on the far-right. Where are the voices of compassion and common-sense? The silent majority needs to speak up.
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What bollocks. As the former prime minister must know, the time bell had rung on his government by 2015. Media bias is a convenient scapegoat but makes him sound like a sore loser.
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Governing is hard. There are pressures from all sides and hard choices have to be made. Everyone’s an armchair quarterback. But what is happening in Ontario was foretold in real time by what happened in the UK over Christmas. The failure to respond adequately is inexcusable.
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What a farce. Parliament debates a published motion all day and then at the 11th hour, the Libs and NDP cook up a totally new motion. They don't even have the amendments in French. MPs are going ballistic that their privileges have been infringed - and they're right.
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Was correct in my raw copy, in the newspaper and it appears to be correct online. If I knew you were going to be like that, I’d have left my original description of you in the piece: “rabid partisan”.
Hey
@IvisonJ
, totally cool with you writing whatever you want about me, but do you think you could attempt to spell my last name right?
You’re not even consistent with your spelling of it within the same article. Thanks in advance. ✌️
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History will not look kindly on decisions like this, I suspect.
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John Ivison: It's time to cancel Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 'morning show' and get back to Parliament via
@nationalpost
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Welcome to Luna, the destroyer of worlds. Who knew an 8-week-old puppy could wreak such havoc.
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Trudeau makes a funny - Scheer is bringing back Harper's cuts - "the first time the Conservatives have ever recycled anything".
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Something strange and wonderful has been sparked by
@realDonaldTrump
's dishonourable comments about this country. I think it might be a Canadian identity.
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Anarchists and anti-colonialists are boasting proudly of their intention to
#shutdowncanada
. They are succeeding - closing ports, rail-lines and blockading legislatures.
Where are the political voices saying this is unacceptable and that Canada will remain open for business?
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I support MAID as the hallmark of a civilized society - at least I supported it for adults whose death was “reasonably foreseeable”. But granting access to minors and people with mental illness….We have lost the plot here.
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Andrew Scheer has developed an unfortunate habit of making claims that prove to be false - Jon Venables, Faith Goldy and now RCMP commish.
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How about those of us trying to get home to have dinner with our kids take to the streets tomorrow to protest against professional protestors?
#BREAKING
Supporters of the Wet-suweten first nation are blocking traffic in downtown Ottawa.
@ctvottawa
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Seven flights landed in Toronto from Vancouver today. BC is seeing record numbers of COVID cases. 1500 of the 1900 P1 Brazilian variety are in BC. Brazil is reporting an unusually high number of infant mortalities that seem to be linked to P1. What are we doing?
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Post caucus scrum with transport minister Omar Alghabra
Reporter: Can we expect an announcement today about new (airport) measures or --?
Alghabra: Expect an announcement when we're ready to make announcements.
That's a minister who's feeling the heat.
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With all criticism of Theresa Tam - some valid - it should be noted Canada is doing better than many of its peers. A friend who visits hospitals in a professional capacity reports they are “80% empty”. Another who works in public health says: “That’s what success looks like.”
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Everyone has a right to their opinion. But the abuse, intimidation and naked hate have no place in our democracy. There were mothers with children calling our prime minister “a f***ing asshole”. Come on people, we can do better than that.
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There is a bandwagon of MPs out there criticizing the removal from a classroom of a hijab wearing teacher. But where were they during two elections since bill 21 was introduced?
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@AndrewScheer
It's a wire story, with a suggested heading everyone used. Every political rookie knows that - and you're a lifer. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that you are deliberately trying to stoke conspiracy and disinformation. You need to give your head a shake, Andrew.
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So you can protest and not be arrested but you can be arrested for doing your job informing Canadians?Ok. Got it.
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The ultra-safe, socially distanced campaign continues. First campaign stop was in. Syrian bakery where
@JustinTrudeau
was asked whether he was aware the event was breaking maximum occupancy limits.
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John Ivison: Trudeau’s intolerance of 'unacceptable views' has brought us to this moment via
@nationalpost
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The fragility of life is never plainer than when it is lost in something as mundane as the commute home. Positive energy being sent to everyone affected by today's bus tragedy in Ottawa. Take a moment and hug your loved ones.
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Good stump speech by
@erinotoole
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A very full in-box today from outraged Canadians who don't fit the "multi-millionaire" description offered by the prime minister but will be sideswiped by the capital gains tax inclusion increase nonetheless. 1/2
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John Ivison: Extending restrictions on travel a sign of a government that isn't listening via
@nationalpost
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How much is this back room deal between the Liberals and the NDP going to cost the country?
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In case anyone was wondering why their feed is not full of my usual gibberish, I’m on paternity leave with this little beauty. A much more productive and satisfying use of time.
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Thinking of colleagues
@glen_mcgregor
and Joyce Napier, two of the best in the business, who were let go by CTV today. Who is going to be left to tell our stories?
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From next fall, French (from France) students at Quebec universities will pay half the tuition fees that students from other provinces in Canada. Digest that for a moment.
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Interested in an informed legal opinion - could section 319 (1) of the criminal code - inciting hatred against an identifiable group - be used to arrest Hamas supporters in Canada, celebrating the attack on Israel? No uninformed “whatabout” musings, thanks.
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This room is bursting now - 2,000 or so people at an 11pm Liberal rally on a cold Saturday night in Calgary. Something is happening.
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The hypocrisy of this statement is Olympian - condemning the use of past mistakes to undermine candidates for office. Liberal black ops have ended the political careers of at least four Conservatives in the past week.
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This should be required viewing for all university students (and professors and administrators) in the US, UK and Canada. Sending it to my own kids now.
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He could lose this thing yet if he keeps behaving like this.
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People who under-estimate
@JustinTrudeau
’s chances of electoral success have not watched him work a crowd.
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This is how big this blackface thing has become around the world. British comedian Lenny Henry starts a speech on diversity by saying: "Hello, I'm Justin Trudeau."
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John Ivison: The NDP-Liberal coalition has made an inefficient government inept via
@nationalpost
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People are losing their minds in Nobleton. Long time since I’ve seen such fury in a federal election.
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It is disconcerting to see Liberal ministers mocking calls for "reasonable accommodation". Are they comfortable pushing 3 million unvaxxed Canadians beyond the bounds of society? If they are, what do they think the long-term implications will be?
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My daughter just told me she "unfollowed" me on Twitter. "You post too much," she said. Generation Z has no sense of loyalty.
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I don't recall government communications in Ottawa being this bad. Departments no longer have people at the end of a phone. Deadlines for information are ignored. Information is in written form and often irrelevant. The system is broken. Yet taxpayers pay millions of $.
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Who's going to believe
@JustinTrudeau
's sanctimonious rhetoric about doing politics differently now they've had a glimpse behind the curtain and seen they have a government as cynical and partisan as any other?
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One of Canada’s largest commercial banks fires a broadside at Justin Trudeau’s government, warning high levels of spending are hurting the fight against inflation via
@bpolitics
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A jurist friend reminds me that on SNC Lavalin, many people (especially journalists) are accepting JWR's testimony as the truth, prior to other witnesses being heard. And that's not fair. Good point.
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Rouleau let the government get away with one and Moseley delivered some judicial karma. Who's with me?
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John Ivison: Transport minister thinks he's done all he can to alleviate airport chaos. He's wrong via
@nationalpost
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Hilarity ensues in finance committee as
@PierrePoilievre
grills
@JustinTrudeau
. Chair
@WayneEaster
’s connection breaks due to a thunderstorm and the vice-chair takes over. Turns out it’s Poilievre, he plows on with his interrogation, ignoring calls by Libs to suspend the meeting.
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The answer to my (rhetorical) question seems to be that French and Belgian students are exempt. So, from next fall, a student at McGill from Ontario will pay $17,000 and one from Paris will pay $9,000. That seems fair.
French citizens pay the same rate as Canadians at Quebec universities like McGill. Will they see their tuition fees increase too, or is this just aimed at anglophones?
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John Ivison: Trudeau's lavish handouts risk turning workers into welfare slackers via
@nationalpost
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John Ivison: Trudeau's priority on Chinese interference is protecting himself, not democracy via
@nationalpost
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Reality check for anyone who thinks $10 a day child care is coming soon. Quebec’s much vaunted system is the model and our experience is that it is nigh on impossible in this province to get a spot anywhere in driving distance, even for five times that amount.
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Trudeau went out for a run around English Bay today, during a brief lull, on three hours sleep. We, the media, proudly went to the Flying Pig and ate ourselves into a stupor.
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Very good speech by
@erinotoole
to his caucus this morning. He promised a future Conservative government would address Indigenous reconciliation. But said while Canada is not a perfect country, it should be built up, not taken down.
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"My job is not to be popular". He's doing a hell of a job.
John Ivison: Trudeau’s not for turning, even as the carbon tax precipice approaches
nationalpost.com
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I just published this piece commending Trudeau for a non-partisan, pan-Canadian response to COVID. Now I’m going to have to take it all back, judging by the draft bill that neuters Parliament for 18 months.
John Ivison: Too soon to make definitive judgment on Trudeau's handling of COVID-19 crisis via
@nationalpost
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Busy morning on Twitter blocking fascists. I just honoured every man in my family going back three generations for wearing a uniform, so I didn't have to. Not about to let the malign ideology they battled to defeat in war-time, win in peace-time.
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I'd forgotten about this stunt Unifor pulled last year - naming and shaming so-called "scabs". This union cannot possibly be deemed a sober participant in the government's media bail-out.
@UniforTheUnion
Appalling. Why not put their addresses on here too, Unifor, and send a few hoodlums around with pitchforks and torches?
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Dumb line. While there is no evidence of interference in the US election, there is plenty when it comes to the Chinese interfering in Canada. New talking points, please. via
@nationalpost
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In the UK on family business. Interesting that the UK has quietly ended vaccine mandates for health and social care staff - rather than losing 50,000 NHS staff.
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If the government truly wanted to stimulate the economy, it would buy everyone a puppy. Puppynomics is premised on the assumption that you need to replace everything within a month.
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@RachaelHarderMP
is getting under
@JustinTrudeau
's skin on the Broadcasting Bill. She accuses the prime minister of not being able to define Canadian content or net neutrality. She knows the bill better than he does - and he knows it.
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A reader writes: "God, I wish you would deport yourself back to wherever you came from. Your accent is enough to make a real Canadian puke," signed...wait for it...Vance McDonald. Mr. McDonald, you might want to take a look at the old family tree.
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Health minister answers question about when vaccine will land by urging opposition to stop being mean to her government. "The virus thrives on us working at opposite ends," says
@PattyHajdu
.
@MichelleRempel
calls it "desperate political flailing", which, to be fair, it was.
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There haven’t been many encouraging things about this Conservative leadership race but Leslyn Lewis’s entry onto the national stage has been one of them.
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CTV appears to have been commandeered by Hamas’ Interior Ministry. Second night in a row.
We are lost for words. This is outrageous
@CTVToronto
you had 1 job. To report on the festivities kicking off in
#Toronto
for
#Hanukkah
, with the menorah lighting, and instead, you filled the segment with clips of
#Palestinians
& the war in
#Gaza
.
What were you thinking?
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