Albertans chant 'Lock her up' about Rachel Notley at rally against carbon tax

[applegrove]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/chris-alexander-lock-her-up-chant-anti-carbon-tax-1.3880911

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Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Chris Alexander said he felt "uncomfortable" during a rally at the Alberta Legislature this weekend as the crowd chanted "lock her up" in response to his comments about Premier Rachel Notley's leadership.

The former immigration minister was a speaker at the rally on Saturday, which was hosted by the right-wing Rebel Media group to protest the NDP government's plan to impose a carbon tax in January.

In a video posted on Twitter by Rebel Media reporter Sheila Gunn Reid, Alexander is nodding and smiling in front of the crowd of about 1,000 as they chant "lock her up" in response to his comments about Notley's leadership.

At no point in the video does Alexander attempt to calm the crowd or denounce their chantin



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[Saviolo]

1. That gross Trump-style fascism

Just spreading and spreading. Now Canadian racists, white nationalists, and white supremacists are emboldened.

[applegrove]

2. A woman conservative in Alberta was so harassed online when

she ran for the leadership of that party that she quit and joined the progressives.

[Ken Burch]

3. So...advocating a carbon tax is a CRIME in Alberta?

[applegrove]

4. Seems being a woman running for the leadership of the Alberta conservative

party is a crime punishable by attacking and harassing her online. So much so this past month one female candidate quit the leadership race and crossed the floor to join Notley in the NDP.

[Ken Burch]

5. I heard of that.

There's this site that deals with Canadian politics( http://www.Rabble.ca ) that has had a LOT of articles about BOTH of those stories.