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Facebook: Press Progress and Ford

facebook: This week, the independent non-profit newsroom, Press Progress, published an online story alleging that Ford argued that white supremacist terrorists are not treated the same as Islamic terrorists, according to CTV. It is alleged the comments were made in a series of Facebook posts about a 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia where a white supremacist rammed his car into the crowd, killing a woman and injuring several others. Caylan Ford was a candidate in the riding of Calgary-Mountain View and made the announcement on her Facebook page on Tuesday morning. In her Facebook post, Ford said she strives to treat all people with compassion and understanding' and that the comments posted by Press Progress are distortions' and not reflective of her views. If you look at Ford herself, she was being raised as a star candidate. Political Science Professor and Chair in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University, Duane Bratt, says there has been a series of other people who have run for the UCP and have been removed because of ties to white supremacy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.