Juno News - December 01, 2019


Conservative journalist gets assaulted by union activist


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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

149.87206

Word count

410

Sentence count

30


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Sheila Gunn-Reed was assaulted at the United Conservative Party AGM in Calgary, Alberta. She talks about what happened and why she thinks the left is out of control in Alberta. She also talks about how she and Kian dealt with a heckler who tried to stab them.

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00:00:00.000 All right, we're at the UCP AGM in Calgary, Alberta. I'm here with journalist Sheila Gunn-Reed,
00:00:10.380 who was just assaulted, I believe. So, Sheila, what happened? My colleague Kian Bextie and I
00:00:22.060 from The Rebel, we had gone out to cover the protests. We wanted to let them know what six
00:00:26.680 credit downgrades will do to an economy and why Jason Kenney's government has to exhibit
00:00:33.040 some fiscal constraints. We thought we'd make it a learning lesson and just having a little
00:00:38.380 bit of a fun video. It was a union protest, so some teachers, some nurses, they were bused
00:00:44.340 in by the union and they had their children with them and we were out there filming everything
00:00:52.280 as we tend to do. And one man, in probably 10 seconds worth of contact, he shoved me, he
00:01:01.600 hit me with a sign, he punched me in the back. Somebody else threw a book at Kian's neck.
00:01:08.660 Somebody else was hitting Kian with their signs. And the funny thing is, nobody, I mean, we're
00:01:13.380 in a crowd. Not a single person said, hey, don't do that. Don't put your hands on her.
00:01:19.280 They continued chanting that we were Nazis, to go away. I mean, it was just crazy. It
00:01:25.100 was really like a mob mentality out there. Sheila, what is it about you or what is it
00:01:29.720 about left-wing men in Alberta? Because this is not the first time you have been assaulted
00:01:34.160 while just doing your job as a journalist. So what's going on?
00:01:37.160 I guess I'm just, I have a punchable face, I guess. I don't know what it is. I guess it's
00:01:43.660 maybe that the left doesn't have the quality of an argument to sort of rebut what we're
00:01:49.980 saying or just maybe they don't have that self-constraint where, you know, you can debate somebody.
00:01:59.820 I'm happy to debate anybody. I think I'm a pretty pleasant person. I don't take anything
00:02:04.480 personally. I mean, I got punched like an hour ago. So, but, you know, I'm happy to debate,
00:02:12.320 but the other side doesn't really want to debate. For them, even words are violence.
00:02:16.740 So the step into actual violence, I mean, it's not that far, is it?
00:02:20.500 This is like Antifa and their mentality being spread to unions, probably, you know, government
00:02:25.800 funded, taxpayer funded unions in the province. Well, I hope you're okay. Thank you so much
00:02:30.680 for joining us, Sheila.
00:02:32.140 Thank you.
00:02:34.140 Thank you.