In politics, as in psychology, it’s called projection.
When little is known about a politician, voters tend to project onto him or her those qualities and policies they themselves want most to see.
That’s the phenomenon Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is benefiting from. He is helping revive Liberal party fortunes because relatively little is known about what he stands for, so voters just assume he’ll be everything the detested Justin Trudeau was not.
Carney is on board with mass immigration
NEW
LAPRESSE REPORTING THAT REFUGEE CLAIMS IN CANADA HAVE SMASHED ALL RECORDS AT 172,255
this is out of control!
We only have so many hotels and uber-eats drivers to serve them! pic.twitter.com/XlPXnlRhfH
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) February 15, 2025
h/t Mauser
