John Ivison: Poilievre Replays Old Conspiratorial Hits
Poilievre's comments calling RCMP leadership "despicable" echo Trump-style grievance politics and risk backfiring nationally.
Poilievre genuinely believes there is a road to victory by parroting Donald Trump's politics of grievance, or if the mask slipped and he misspoke.
"Many of the scandals of the Trudeau era should have involved jail time,"
He specifically referred to the former prime minister's vacation on the Aga Khan's island in 2016 and the efforts to influence then attorney general Jody Wilson Raybould in the SNC Lavalin affair in 2018.
Poilievre made these comments on the Northern Perspective podcast, calling the RCMP's leadership "despicable" for what he called a cover-up of Liberal misadventures.
Author summary: Poilievre's comments risk backfiring nationally.