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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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So apparently O'Toole is trying to boot Derek Sloan from the party for accepting a donation of $131 from a known white supremacist who has chummed with neo-nazis:

https://globalnews.ca/news/7584508/derek-sloan-erin-otoole/

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Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole says he has initiated the process to remove MP Derek Sloan from the party’s caucus after he accepted a donation from a “well-known white supremacist,” Paul Fromm.
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“Racism is a disease of the soul, repugnant to our core values,” O’Toole said.  “It has no place in our country. It has no place in the Conservative Party of Canada. I won’t tolerate it.”
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In a series of tweets, Sloan said he became aware of the donation Monday afternoon, saying Fromm, “a person with known connections to racist groups, donated $131 to my campaign.”  Sloan said, “at no time was I ever aware of this donation,” adding that his campaign received over 13,000 separate donations, which were handled by volunteers.

I think the boot is arguably reasonable, assuming Sloan indeed knew he received this donation from a white supremacist with neo-nazi ties, which Sloan is denying per above.  Maybe this is just the last straw and Sloan has been a thorn in their side for a while.

I'm just wondering why politicians aren't raked over the coals more for all sorts of corrupt and dirty donations they receive all the time from various sources.
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