{"id":73321,"date":"2016-03-31T22:39:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T02:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=73321"},"modified":"2016-03-31T22:39:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T02:39:51","slug":"ndp-leader-tom-mulcair-thinks-trudeau-denounce-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/31\/ndp-leader-tom-mulcair-thinks-trudeau-denounce-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP Leader Tom Mulcair thinks Trudeau should denounce Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OTTAWA\u2014Donald Trump is a \u201cfascist,\u201d according to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not speaking out against the Republican Party leadership candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump is a fascist. Let’s not kid ourselves; let’s not beat around the bush,\u201d Mulcair told supporters in a video released by his party.<\/p>\n

The NDP leader said Trump fits the definition because of his remarks, including a proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States and another to build a wall between the United States and Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you say you want to keep people out 1\/8who are 3\/8 of a certain religion, if you want to build walls to keep people out, this is an appeal to the lowest feelings in human nature,\u201d Mulcair said.<\/p>\n

Mulcair suggested Trudeau should not shy away from speaking out about Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not hesitate to point out the fact that Mr. Trudeau just shrugs his shoulders when he’s asked about Donald Trump and says ‘oh, the relationship between Canada and the United States goes beyond any two individuals,\u201d Mulcair said in the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m sorry, if a fascist becomes president of the United States, I want to be on record as having opposed it long before that election,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

The 38-second video montage was taken last week during a speech and question period with New Democrat MPs and staff members, an NDP spokesperson said. The party provided a copy to The Canadian Press after it was published by BuzzFeed news earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Trudeau once again avoided criticizing Trump on Thursday in Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have great faith in the American people and look forward to working with whoever gets elected in November,\u201d said Trudeau, who did not mention the Republican candidate by name.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we approach November and as we move beyond into the next administration there will be some lessons learned that I hope get learned,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut like I said, I have tremendous confidence in what Abraham Lincoln referred to as the ‘better angels of our nature.\u201d’<\/p>\n

Other leaders have been less hesitant to criticize Trump.<\/p>\n

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto denounced Trump’s \u201cstrident rhetoric\u201d in a recent interview with Mexican newspaper Excelsior, comparing the tone of debate to that which led to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Barack Obama, for his part, has often spoken out against the views espoused in Trump’s speeches.<\/p>\n

Mulcair has spoken out against Trump before, notably suggesting the Republican leadership candidate should be kept out of Canada based on his controversial proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say we should limit access to Canada for people who are spouting hatred. We should make sure that Donald Trump stays out of Canada,\u201d Mulcair told reporters outside the House of Commons on Dec. 8.<\/p>\n

The same day, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion said that while he didn’t want to get involved in another country’s internal politics, Canada has \u201cnever been as far…from what we’ve just heard in the United States\u201d he told reporters who asked him about Trump’s proposal on Muslims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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