Captain Ontario, Thug Fraud Exposed as the Utter Corrupt Fraud That He Is

[Anbarandy]

Crombie, Stiles pounce on Doug Ford’s hot mic admission that he ‘100%’ wanted Donald Trump to win election
The PC leader was caught Monday on a hot mic at his Etobicoke campaign office confiding that he had hoped Trump would beat Harris.

Feb. 4, 2025




By Robert BenzieQueen’s Park Bureau Chief, Rob FergusonQueen’s Park Bureau, and Kristin RushowyQueen’s Park Bureau


Doug Ford‘s hot mic admission that he “100%” wanted Donald Trump to win the U.S. presidential election has jolted the snap Ontario vote.

That’s because Ford framed the Feb. 27 campaign as a referendum on who could best deal with Trump’s threatened tariffs against Canada.

But the Progressive Conservative leader was caught Monday on a hot mic at his Etobicoke campaign office confiding that he had hoped the Republican Trump would beat Democrat Kamala Harris last November.

Doug Ford overheard saying he was happy Donald Trump became president — ‘then the guy pulled out the knife’

“On election day, was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f—-ing yanked it in me,” said the Tory leader doing a stabbing motion with his hand.

Ford’s main rivals pounced on his candid comments Monday to Tory candidates Christine Hogarth and David Piccini and several members of the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association.

Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie released a new 60-second ad to highlight the PC leader’s apparent hypocrisy by repeatedly playing the clip: “Was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was.”

“Doug Ford just said he was happy Donald Trump won the election. Happy the guy who campaigned on a trade war with Canada became president?” intones a female narrator against footage of Trump boasting “the tariff will be substantial in some cases” and that he is “a tariff man standing on a tariff platform.”

“He was happy? Was he happy Canadians might lose their jobs? Was he happy about the threat of Canada becoming a 51st state?” continues the announcer.

“Or does he just care so little about the people of this province ... that he saw an attack on Ontario as an opportunity for himself. What else does he say when he thinks you’re not listening?”

New Democratic Leader Marit Stiles said Tuesday it was no surprise Ford would say that.

“Doug Ford keeps making the case for why he’s not the guy for the job. He says one thing to you and another thing behind closed doors,” said Stiles.

“We can’t trust Ford to get the job done and we can’t trust him to defend Ontario. It’s time to show him the door. It’s pretty sad, really. Doug Ford loves Trump, and Trump doesn’t even know who he is,” she said.

Public-opinion research has suggested Canadians overwhelmingly preferred Harris over Trump last fall.

Pollara Strategic Insights found 62 per cent of respondents had positive feelings about Harris with only 18 per cent having negative feelings toward the then-Democratic vice-president.

The firm found 66 per cent had negative feelings about Trump with 20 per cent having positive feelings toward him.

Ford, whose campaign slogan is “Protect Ontario,” is expected to respond later Tuesday in Ottawa.

The Tory leader has styled himself as the anti-Trump sporting a blue hat that reads “Canada Is Not For Sale” to counter the American president’s trademark red cap emblazoned with “Make America Great Again.”

On Monday, Trump paused his threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods until at least next month, meaning the levies will not be in place before Ontarians vote.

 

[mitchell76]

 

[The Oracle]

Sigh........The sky isn't falling snowflakes.

 

[Dutch Oven]

I would never claim that Ford is bright, or even that he is consistently conservative. However, he was right about Trump being better for Canadian business than Harris would have been, because the US economy would have stagnated under her leadership (and/or the leadership of her party). A struggling US economy is bad for Canadian exports and the Canadian economy, tariffs or not.

However, Doug is not smart enough to understand the game being played here. And Doug doesn't really know how to negotiate when you don't hold substantial bargaining power (or at least you don't appear to).

However, the worst thing Doug will do is fumble around as this gets sorted out at the federal level (which is the level it has to be dealt with). The alternative leadership of the provincial NDP and Liberals would most likely screw the whole thing up irreparably, so Ontarians are still better off with Ford, even though he's just an NPC in this particular game.

 

[Dutch Oven]

Ford is wrong about one thing here; there is something worse than uncertainty - and that's a CERTAIN negative turn in the economy. Cool heads can survive uncertainty.

 

[Frankfooter]

DoFo is a republican and proud member of the leopard eat my face party.
This should be a lesson for Ontario, don't trust DoFo, and DoFo, don't trust trump.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1886816933380550840

And here's the video.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1886605866956452142

 

[JuanGoodman]

Funny thing is that

he is still 1000 times better than the alternative

Crombie and Stiles

 

[bver_hunter]

Dumb DOFO wants to walk back his controversial statements regarding his 100% support for Trump.
Normally, a leader from another Nation or Province would congratulate any other head of another Nation, and state that they would like to work in the interests of both Nations.
You would not say that you were 100% happy that he won the elections, unless you were certain that this head of another Nation was 100% willing to work in the interests of both Nations.
Hence the Dumb DOFO. No doubt that Bonnie Crombie is far better than DOFO by a mile, especially with Dougie's scandalous investigation still looming in the horizon....... hence the excuse for the Elections!!

Doug Ford tries to explain his hot mic comment about Donald Trump: ‘I always believe in working with anyone’

So much for Doug Ford‘s Trump card.
Ford struggled Tuesday to explain why he wanted Donald Trump to win the U.S. presidential election after being caught on a hot mic in a gaffe that has jolted the Ontario campaign.
It was an embarrassing setback for the Progressive Conservative leader, who has framed the snap Feb. 27 vote as a referendum on who could best deal with Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariffs against Canada.
Complaining to reporters in Ottawa that “you guys are obsessed with that,” Ford was repeatedly pressed about the hot mic admission that he had hoped the Republican Trump would beat Democrat Kamala Harris last November.

“On election day, was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f—-ing yanked it in me,” the Tory leader said Monday in Etobicoke, making a stabbing motion with his hand.
The following day, Ford was forced to do damage control for his self-inflicted wound.
“Well, you know something, I always believe in working with anyone,” he said in Ottawa, where he promised Queen’s Park would upload OC Transpo’s troubled LRT line.
“On the hot mic, yeah, he makes me swear. I think he makes a lot of people swear in this country,” Ford acknowledged, insisting he believed the president would somehow be less provocative in his second term.
Trump touted tariffs during the recent American campaign in which he also called the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol “a day of love,” even though the FBI dubbed it domestic terrorism that threatened the peaceful transfer of power.
“I thought it would be a little different, a little change, but obviously he decided to pull the knife out and stab us,” Ford said on the shop floor of a door company.

His main rivals pounced on his Monday comments made to Tory candidates Christine Hogarth and David Piccini and several members of the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association.
Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie released a 60-second ad to highlight the PC leader’s apparent hypocrisy by repeatedly playing the clip: “Was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was.”
“Doug Ford just said he was happy Donald Trump won the election. Happy the guy who campaigned on a trade war with Canada became president?” intones a female narrator against footage of Trump boasting “the tariff will be substantial in some cases” and that he is “a tariff man standing on a tariff platform.”
“He was happy? Was he happy Canadians might lose their jobs? Was he happy about the threat of Canada becoming a 51st state?” continues the announcer.

“Or does he just care so little about the people of this province … that he saw an attack on Ontario as an opportunity for himself. What else does he say when he thinks you’re not listening?”
Speaking to the Star’s Martin Regg Cohn at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Democracy Forum, Crombie said Ford’s support for Trump was revealing, given that Trump was his rationale for an “unnecessary” $189-million election 15 months before Ontario’s next scheduled general election in June 2026.

“He used that as an excuse to call an election. He said basically said so himself … in his hot mic moment,” the Liberal leader told Cohn, predicting it could be a “turning point.”
“I don’t think it’s a one-day wonder. There are always these moments in a campaign that are kind of pivot points … that are revealing about a person’s character,” she said, noting Trump “threatened our economy.”
New Democrat Leader Marit Stiles said “it doesn’t surprise me at all” that Ford would say he preferred Trump.
“It should make Ontarians question his judgment and his character,” she told reporters at a campaign stop in Kingston.
“This is who Doug Ford is. He says one thing when he’s out in front of the microphones … and he says another one behind closed doors,” Stiles said earlier Tuesday in Ottawa, where she highlighted her education plan that includes a universal school food program.
“It’s a little bit sad, you know, that Doug Ford clearly is a big fan of Donald Trump, but Donald Trump doesn’t seem to be aware of who Doug Ford is.”

Public-opinion research has suggested Canadians overwhelmingly preferred Harris over Trump last fall.
Pollara Strategic Insights found 62 per cent of respondents had positive feelings about Harris with only 18 per cent having negative feelings toward the then-vice-president.
The firm found 66 per cent had negative feelings about Trump with 20 per cent having positive feelings toward him.
Ford, whose campaign slogan is “Protect Ontario,” has styled himself as the anti-Trump, sporting a blue hat that reads “Canada Is Not For Sale” to counter the president’s trademark red cap emblazoned with “Make America Great Again.”

Doug Ford tries to explain his hot mic comment about Donald Trump: ‘I always believe in working with anyone’

PC leader Doug Ford was caught Monday on a hot mic at his Etobicoke campaign office confiding that he had hoped Donald Trump would beat Kamala Harris.

www.thestar.com