Ontario Conservative leader Doug Ford racist 'Engrish' tweet is fake

[Anonymous]

That Doug Ford 'Engrish' tweet is fake — and a vital reminder to check facts

No political side has a monopoly on sharing fake news and buying into confirmation bias—and to think otherwise is dangerous.



he former Toronto city councillor and current leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party has been filmed handing out $20 bills to constituents; he's said that a treatment home for children with autism "ruined" the neighbourhood he lived in. Meanwhile the Globe and Mail has alleged that when he was growing up, for several years, Ford was a "go-to dealer of hash." Put simply, there is no shortage of fodder for Ford's many critics on the left who feel he is unsuited for the job of premier of Ontario.



So when an outrageous 2014 tweet from a @CouncillorFord Twitter account made the rounds this week, its vile contents fit all-too-perfectly into the view so many have of Ford. In the tweet, the author mocks Olivia Chow, then a candidate for the Toronto mayoralty, for her accent. "Maybe @OliviaChow should use the @TorontoLibrary to learn Engrish," the tweet reads. "She's not mayor material, anyone from the Ford family is!"



It is unquestionably racist.



It is also very much fake.

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Barring a major scandal, small c conservative, Doug Ford will be our next premier. The left leaning Liberals have ran the former economic engine of Canada into the ground during their fifteen year reign of economic terror. They are getting desperate, so their minions are attacking his reputation with fake news that he is a racist and a sexist. ac_boring

[Wazzzup]

Portraying their opposition as "racist" or "sexist" is the favorite weapon of the left.  Doesn't matter if its true or not, it only matters that they win.

[Zetsu]

Gives me the impression that the neo left wingers are a new form of social media terrorists, resorting to black mailing and other antifa coward tactics.

[Anonymous]

Gives me the impression that the neo left wingers are a new form of social media terrorists, resorting to black mailing and other antifa coward tactics.

They definitely are.

[Anonymous]

I really like Doug Ford. My kind of leader.

[Zetsu]

I really like Doug Ford. My kind of leader.

Same here too  ac_cool , I haven't stayed update with the news lately, but there's no doubt Doug Ford has my vote, and I'd rather shoot myself in the leg or vote for the Green party instead than the other 2 parties run and supported by a bunch of socialist pigs.

[Anonymous]

I really like Doug Ford. My kind of leader.

Same here too  ac_cool , I haven't stayed update with the news lately, but there's no doubt Doug Ford has my vote, and I'd rather shoot myself in the leg or vote for the Green party instead than the other 2 parties run and supported by a bunch of socialist pigs.

And you sir, are my kind of voter. ac_drinks

[Anonymous]

Everyone knew his infamous brother Rob, but I don't know much about Doug.