Posted on 10/16/2019 1:04:23 PM PDT by ransomnote
OTTAWA -- Former U.S. president Barack Obama has waded into the Canadian election, offering an unusual cross-border endorsement of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau with five days left in the campaign.
“I was proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President. He's a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term,” said Obama in a tweet sent Wednesday.
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Minutes after it was posted, a spokesperson for U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign called it “foreign election interference,” but according to Elections Canada, “all individuals, Canadian or non-Canadian, are free to express their views on any topic during an election."
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Liberal Party spokesperson Zita Astravas said the Liberal Party did not pay for this endorsement, but has not yet confirmed whether the party had asked for the support or was aware that it was coming.
MORE AT LINK, INCLUDING VIDEO RE THIS "UNPRECEDENTED" SUPPORT
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0bungo’s endorsement is good enough for any sensible Canadians to reject Trudeau
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