Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre chomps on an apple while speaking to a journalist.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre picked up some name recognition south of the border this week after a video of him chomping down on an apple while chiding a local journalist went viral.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre picked up some name recognition south of the border this week after a video of him chomping down on an apple while chiding a local journalist went viral.
In a video posted by Poilievre that has been viewed more than 1.4 million times on social media platforms, Don Urquhart, editor of the Times Chronicle, gets into a terse exchange with the Conservative leader about populism and politics in Oliver, B.C."Left wing, you know, this and that, right wing," Urquhart replies."I don't really believe in that," he says.
DeLorey, now a partner at NorthStar Public Affairs, said the exchange is unlikely to change the minds of those with entrenched views of Poilievre.Conservatives launch massive ad campaign amid surge in polls "We have to remember that in politics, everything is a performance. So there is nothing natural," he said.
"This is following a small-c conservative playbook, which is to use social media to, in many ways, avoid difficult media questions," he said.
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