It took Trudeau until noon Saturday to address the Montreal riot, and even then his statement didn't even hint that the Liberals might do something
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Justin Trudeau dad-dancing at a Taylor Swift concert is unsettling; that it happened as Montreal was set alight by rioters is unfortunate.
It is, however, indicative of Liberal government policy on pro-Palestinian/anti-Jewish protests that have been taking place for over a year – act as if nothing is happening.
In the last few days, protesters in Montreal have: burnt an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; raised the Nazi salute; called for the “final solution”; and then, on Friday night, smashed windows, overturned cars, threw smoke bombs, and launched metal barriers at police.
Police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the masked thugs, and three people were arrested for assaulting officers.
Watching the videos of the lawlessness, there is a sense of celebration among the protesters as window after window is smashed at the Palais des Congrès, where a NATO summit was taking place.
Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was quick to denounce the violence.
”Violent mobs riot and rampage through beautiful Montreal, typifying the chaos that is engulfing our once-peaceful country after 9 years of Trudeau’s radical, divisive agenda,” Poilievre wrote on X on Friday night. “Trudeau fiddles while Montreal burns.”
However, the prime minister was not playing Nero, he was instead at a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto where he was videoed doing that embarrassing dance that dads do when they get beyond a........