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MP Lobb dismisses claims he endorsed Trump, calls Thompson's column a 'drive-by smear'
Darryl Coote
Huron -Bruce MP Ben
Lobb did not say he
endorsed Donald Trump for
president in a recent inter-
view with a local radio sta-
tion, the Conservative politi-
cian told The Signal Star on
Nov. 15, saying he only
thought the American real
estate mogul would win the
US presidential race because
of his ability to reach disaf-
fected middle-class voters.
"What I said was I thought
Donald Trump was going to
win right from the beginning
and thinking somebody's
going to win is different than
endorsing or supporting or
putting up signs or donating
money, which I did none of
those," said the trice elected
Conservative politician. "But
I did think he was going to
win."
This clarification is in
reaction to the radio piece
that states Lobb had
endorsed Trump and was
"celebrating" the Republi-
can's Nov. 8 victory over
Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton and to a
scathing criticism by Liberal
politician Allan Thompson,
who lost to Lobb in last
year's Federal election, pub-
lished Nov 15 in The Kincar-
dine News.
Both articles are causing
quite a stir on Facebook and
many have written letters to
The Signal Star to show disa-
greement with Lobb's
alleged stance.
Asked if he does support
Trump, Lobb said it's
"irrelevant."
"I'm a Canadian citizen. I
endorsed [former prime
minister of Canada] Stephen
Harper and whoever is the
new leader of our [Conserva-
tive] party, that is who I'm
endorsing," he said, adding
that no matter who is the
president of the United
States, Canadian politicians
have to work with them.
His stance, he said, would
be no different if Clinton had
won the job.
"Others are trying to twist
my words," he said referring
to Thompson's column, "and
that's fine, but I'm telling you
as I'm on the phone with you
here today, if Hillary Clinton
had won I'd be telling you the
same thing. We have to be
smart about this as Canadi-
ans because the US is our
number one ally and our
number one trading partner"
In Thompson's column,
the Liberal politician said
that Lobb's alleged support
of Trump, support of Kelly
Leitch for the Conservative
leadership and support of
controversial immigration
reform to screen potential
immigrants for so-called un -
Canadian values was a "dog
whistle" to racists in
Huron -Bruce.
Lobb said Thompson was
taking the "low road" to say
he was playing on people's
fears of immigrants and that
the column was a "drive-by
smear."
He said the screening pro-
cess is to ensure immigrants
are the "best fit for Canada"
and to make sure they sup-
port women's equality and
are open to Canadian
culture and values while
opposing Sharia law and
arrange marriages.
"Every single one of us
were immigrants, okay? My
grandmother immigrated
from England after the war
like many others did. We're
all immigrants, we all under-
stand that. Canada is a suc-
cess because we welcome
immigrants and that we have
been open to immigrants.
There is no question to that,"
Lobb said.
Lobb said Thompson's
motivation behind the col-
umn was to distract atten-
tion for the "poor record" of
his Liberal government.
"For Allan to go down that
road, he'd may be frustrated
about something else, I don't
know, but why he would use
those things is ridiculous,"
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he said.
Concerning the racist and
misogynistic remarks and
attitudes displayed by
Trump during his campaign,
Lobb said they aren't present
in the Canadian political
environment.
He said no one supports
those types of comments
and for Thompson to suggest
otherwise is "disgusting."
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