One of the debate organizers called the incident 'mortifying'
The only Black woman in the race says the slurs were"not surprising."Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis is seen here in Toronto on June 17, 2020. Fellow Tory Peter MacKay called the racist attack against Lewis during an online debate"disgusting" and"unacceptable."
“The racist comments during last night’s debate which were directed at me, Black people and Jewish people were sadly not surprising,” she said in a statement Thursday. Isidorou said some cursory research by the organizing team suggested there had been a plan prior to the event to disrupt it. Peter MacKay, who skipped the debate, later condemned the incident on social media, calling it “disgusting and totally unacceptable.”
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