'GI Joly', Canada's foreign affairs minister plays dress up for a press conference
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Summary
Melanie Jolie tries to look like the President of Ukraine at a news conference, and it doesn t go well. She wears a military uniform and cuts her hair short, and she wears a blazer. How vacuous can you get?
Transcript
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We have our foreign affairs minister, Melanie Jolie, popping up at a news conference.
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And she's decked out, she's cut her hair short, and she's wearing a military-style blazer.
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She's following the liberal tradition of playing dress-up. She's now a wartime leader.
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She wants to look like the president of Ukraine and sit there in her nice green uniform with the
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new pretty haircut. And you've lost every bit of ground where you started to sound like serious
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leaders you clown in one stupid move. How vacuous can you get? Let's not pretend that was an error
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in fashion. I mean, I don't expect her to come out dressed poorly, but you don't sit there and act
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as if you may come under assault in Ottawa at some point. You don't need to wear camouflage, Ms. Jolie.
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You just need to come across as a competent minister. And again, Canada starts looking just
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not serious. That's the problem we have. People don't take us seriously. How can you?