The National Telegraph - Wyatt Claypool - August 28, 2022


Danielle Smith's "Big Tent" Party


Episode Stats

Length

49 seconds

Words per Minute

210.1833

Word Count

172

Sentence Count

12


Summary

A question for media: Why is Mike Butler still employed as a paid campaign representative for Justin Trudeau's campaign? And why is he an endorser of Justin Trudeau? Well, he's not a candidate for us, so why don't you call Matt and see if he can explain that to us?


Transcript

00:00:00.240 Yes, so I'm going to quickly ask a question. It's for media.
00:00:05.140 Sorry, I was just asking a question for media because I'm just writing an article currently.
00:00:09.440 So I was just wanting to follow up on a story about why your campaign is currently employing Mike Butler currently as a paid campaign representative.
00:00:18.500 You'll have to talk to Matt all the time about that. He makes all the hiring decisions.
00:00:22.260 Did he? Oh, so he's doing all the hiring. But you're aware that Mike Butler has been a two-time NDP candidate, two-time Liberal candidate, Alberta Party candidate, and he was an endorser of Justin Trudeau in 2019.
00:00:34.300 Well, he's not a candidate for us, so why don't you call Matt and see, you know, we're trying to build a big tent here. So why don't you talk to Matt?
00:00:40.120 Justin Trudeau is part of your big tent?
00:00:41.800 For me, say.
00:00:43.600 No, but seriously.
00:00:44.740 How about you seriously call my campaign manager and ask him about hiring decisions?
00:00:48.100 I don't think...