The Conservative party confirmed late Friday afternoon it has dropped Payette as a candidate – just the latest in a slew of candidates shed by the Liberals and Conservatives this week over contentious comments ahead of Monday’s nomination deadline.
The Conservative party confirmed late Friday afternoon it has dropped Payette as a candidate – just the latest in a slew of candidates shed by the Liberals and Conservatives this week over contentious comments ahead of Monday’s nomination deadline.
A party that accepted so many of that sort of people as candidates without any discernable vetting isn’t likely to attract a lot of center or left voters anyway.
They had those voters just a short while ago
Clearly most of those weren’t “core supporters” and more “I don’t like the other guy”.
When offered a better option, they bailed rapidly.