Embattled B.C. Conservative candidate Brent Chapman is underneath hearth as soon as once more, this time for previous Fb feedback casting doubt on the official accounts of mass taking pictures occasions in Canada and the U.S.
The newest resurfaced social media remarks from Chapman, who’s working within the Surrey South using, date again to February 2017, days after the Quebec Metropolis mosque taking pictures that left six folks lifeless and 5 others critically injured.
Screenshots shared by CKNW radio host Jas Johal on Sunday present Chapman referring to “mass shootings” in citation marks, and suggesting all mass shootings reported over latest years share “sketchy tales that change drastically from preliminary occasions.”
“Why did Aurora, Sandy Hook and Quebec Metropolis all have witnesses that noticed a number of shooters and are, in the end, ignored by police and legacy media?” he wrote.
“Look, I actually hope nobody was truly killed at any of those occasions however within the Orlando night time membership taking pictures, the folks that talked to the press weren’t truly shot.”
In response to the newest Chapman controversy, the B.C. NDP reiterated requires the B.C. Conservatives to chop ties with the candidate.
“Final night time, we realized that John Rustad’s candidate Brent Chapman has denied the fact of horrific mass shootings,” chief David Eby stated in a press release Monday.
“These tragedies shattered lives… Rustad ought to have fired this candidate days in the past for his brazenly racist and homophobic feedback. He should hearth him immediately.”
The B.C. Conservative chief was requested concerning the newest controversy at an unrelated marketing campaign occasion Monday, and known as Chapman’s feedback “offensive” and “unsuitable.”
Rustad stated it will be “inappropriate” to reply additional, nevertheless, because the candidate had “retained authorized recommendation.” He beforehand stated voters can choose Conservative candidates on the poll field.
Chapman addressed the backlash over his remarks round 1 / 4 previous midnight, acknowledging the mass shootings he referenced in his submit – together with the one at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty that killed 26 folks, together with 20 kids – have been “all very actual.”
“What I used to be attempting to say is the whirlwind of U.S. media and commentary makes every little thing chaotic and complicated to folks watching the TV. Individuals’s understanding of what’s happening adjustments from second to second and it’s all simply so obscure,” he added.
Chapman stated he’ll now not touch upon “this matter or every other matter associated to social media posts from years in the past,” on the recommendation of his lawyer.
Chapman has been on the defensive since final week, when Johal shared different years-old screenshots of the candidate making racist remarks about Muslims and Palestinians. He responded with a prolonged apology to voters, through which he confused that his feedback “don’t mirror who I’m immediately or the respect and admiration I maintain for the Palestinian and Muslim communities.”
