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The Tories are distancing themselves from a board member over social media comments he made after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an American woman in Minneapolis.
Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan denounced an online post from Patrick Allard over the weekend and said Allard will not be a PC candidate in the upcoming election.
“I strongly condemn the post made yesterday by Mr. Allard,” Khan said in a post of his own on social media on Monday. “Mr. Allard’s post was offensive and inappropriate, and does not reflect the values and priorities of Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives.”
Khan said after an emergency meeting, the party decided unanimously to suspend Allard’s party membership and his position on the board.
The move comes days after Allard made comments on social media.
“Do we have ICE in Manitoba? If so are they hiring? Asking for a friend,” reads one post from Allard made on the weekend.
Allard made his comments amid days-long protests that erupted in Minneapolis following the death of Renee Nicole Good.
Video circulated Wednesday of an ICE agent firing three shots at Renee Nicole Good, 37, while she was behind the wheel of her SUV.
WATCH | ICE agent’s phone video shows new perspective of moments before shooting:
New video of Minneapolis shooting taken by ICE agent
A U.S. online media outlet called Alpha News has released a video from the perspective of a federal immigration agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this week. This video includes graphic language and the sound of shots being fired.
Footage taken by that immigration officer emerged Friday.
During an unrelated news conference on Monday, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said he reached out to Minn. Gov. Tim Walz to show solidarity.
“This is not something to be flippant about,” Kinew said. “I think the Manitoba PCs will have some explaining to do on that front.”
Allard did not respond directly to CBC News when asked for comment, and posted on his social media afterward that he “didn’t think it was a newsworthy post” and suggested it was “tongue in cheek.”
