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Visible Campaign: Young Volunteer

Campaign Material Dept: The mayoral debate at University of Toronto's Hart House took a controversial turn on Thursday night before the candidates even took the podium. According to reports, a young volunteer for Rossi's campaign attempted to give Smitherman campaign material as he entered the debate. She claims he then swore at her, according to CTV. "You come onto me rudely, I'm going to come right back at you rudely." he told afterwards, adding "the way she confronted me warranted a similar response." Mayoral candidate George Smitherman has been accused of swearing at a volunteer for rival Rocco Rossi's campaign during what he calls a rude confrontation on Thursday night. According to Smitherman, the volunteer had no visible campaign identification and was trying to hand him "misinformation" that wasn't clearly affiliated with any candidate. As reported in the news.
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