Outrage sells: with Poilievre, it’s got nothing to do with attracting moderates

It doesn’t matter about the facts or reality involved. It’s all about the media attention a stunt generates.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is well aware that in today’s social media-driven political ecosphere, outrage sells, writes Les Whittington.

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s suggestion two weeks ago that then-prime minister Justin Trudeau would have been jailed if it weren’t for the “despicable” leadership of the RCMP was reckless, unreasonable, and needlessly inflammatory.

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