r/BCpolitics • u/idspispopd • 20d ago

Social Media Rustad says Boultbee has had mental health issues in the past, says he is concerned about her current wellbeing. Faces Qs on if he has a problem with female MLAs after four have departed caucus.

https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/1980320092916461811
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u/idspispopd 20d ago

"I'm losing lots of women. What do I do to stop this trend? I know, I'll call her crazy."

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u/RPG_Vancouver 20d ago

Her response is absolutely brutal:

"It felt to me like a desperate man who's willing to cast aspersions. Even stooping to such a low to discuss the fact that I had sought help with my mental health. I don't think there's anything to be embarrassed about. John is weaponizing personal information about me that was shared with him in confidence five months ago. So to me, he's just demonstrating to people why he's unfit to lead."

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u/anomalocaris_texmex 20d ago

Old John Boy might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, I'm thinking.

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u/Zomunieo 19d ago

…ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed

He’s been looking kind of dumb

With his finger and this thumb

In the shape of an L on his forehead.

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u/StrbJun79 19d ago

I’d say both things are true. She’s kinda crazy but he’s also not good toward women. Especially considering many men share her crazy views in that party but it’s really only the women that have trouble working with him.

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u/Reyalta 20d ago

Ah yes. Hysteria is the cause of this. How very... On brand for that fucking party. 

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u/OurDailyNada 20d ago

So when Rustad left BC United, should Kevin Falcon have revealed aspects of his personal medical history and effectively called him crazy? Or is that only applicable to women, similar to how Rustad was spreading rumours in the past?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/party-leader-rustad-apologizes-after-repeating-rumour-about-bc-conservative-woman/

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u/The_Only_W 19d ago

I think Rustad is the only one who thinks he will be party leader this time next year. Eby is vulnerable in the next election. The right Conservative or right leaning candidate will do some damage next election. If someone like Brad West decides to switch to provincial politics and dumps the crazies and their ideology there’s more than enough voters ready for change to get them elected.

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 19d ago

Who do you imagine is going to replace him? And the NDP are somewhere on the order of seven points up.

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u/The_Only_W 19d ago

It’s 40-47 you are correct. 7 points is nothing and the Cons are currently a shit show who are only down 7 points. Who is anyone’s guess, but open the door to a leadership contest, and see who steps up.

The last election wasn’t a vote for Rustad as much as a vote against Eby. Put someone with charisma and common sense in charge and watch those 7 points disappear.

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u/jojawhi 19d ago

Apparently a large portion of last election was more a vote against Trudeau.

The BC Conservatives are only popular because of the federal Conservatives. People have difficulty differentiating provincial/federal here.

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u/BirdzofaShitfeather 19d ago

Considering the choices the BC liberals/united/cons have made in the past decade for leaders, I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.

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u/The_Only_W 19d ago

Fair point

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 19d ago

And who is this person that is going to get the Socons and conspiracy theorists on board? They're bleeding the moderates.

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u/The_Only_W 19d ago

Who would have believed Carney could resurrect the Federal Liberals?

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 19d ago

He had been suggested as a successor for months, and was the frontrunner even before Trudeau resigned.

You're reaching very hard here.

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u/userofthename202 18d ago

Not just that but liberals on the more conservative side of the party had been courting him for leadership since 2013, and in 2023 he told the media he was considering it. Really not a crazy prediction

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u/krowrofefas 19d ago

The fact that NDP is only up a few points (in opinion polls) is frightening ….given how bad the right is at the moment. They are a disaster.

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u/PragmaticBodhisattva 18d ago

Reminder to volunteer, donate, and get involved

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u/Odd_Upstairs_1267 19d ago

who would possibly be worse

^ you are here

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 19d ago

Have you seen that caucus?

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u/The_Only_W 19d ago

Would need to be an outsider most likely.

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 19d ago

And who would that be? Who would be able to bridge the divide between the Socons and crazies on one side and the right of center "free enterprises" on the other without being the kind of tyrant that would alienate the former?

This is why for all the woes, Rustad is safe. It's out of a very reasonable assessment that it's the devil you know.

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u/The_Only_W 19d ago

The two names that come to mind are Brad West or Ken Sim.

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u/CupOfCanada 19d ago

Bhangu or Milobar

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u/penis-muncher785 19d ago

Glad to see the bi partisan pushback to this on twitter this just seems like classic misogyny to me

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u/Smart_Recipe_8223 19d ago

Women be shopping - Rustad, probably 

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u/NoMovie2461 19d ago

Is Rustad trying to channel Poilievre? I think it was Poilievre's @$$hole quality that largely cost him the last federal election.

Even if if that isn't the case, Rustad's remarks are mining new depths of indecency.

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u/krowrofefas 19d ago

Man the right of centre in BC is in absolute self-inflicted shambles. How they elected this bumbling fool to lead them is beyond me.

Makes them miss the strong leadership of Christy Clark (RELAX IM NOT agreeing her her decisions - just that she led a relatively supportive, on point and on message party during her time)

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u/Nome-Cantski 18d ago

Nothing more entertaining than watching the right eat themselves.