Since Republicans under-performed in the U.S. midterms, a go-to narrative to explain what went wrong is that the political right is just too focused on “owning the libs.” It’s a narrative that has picked up steam in Canada, too.
Just days ago, Toronto-based journalist Matt Gurney observed on Twitter that, “It seems that a significant portion of the right-wing electorate isn’t interested in policy.… They just like people being mean and tough and owning the libs/progressives/elites.”
Gurney a conservative?
Everything feels broken.
But we can fix it. pic.twitter.com/4WarLBsBUU
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) November 20, 2022
