Shouldn't have flip flopped on the guns. People were just looking for a reason to view him as a liar. All the swing voters who just wanted a new party to vote for but wanted a red tory instantly saw lies with the gun flip flop and it called into question everything else he had been saying for weeks.
He should have held strong and firm. Looked like a strong leader and explain how only a tiny portion, less than 10% of gun crimes are committed by legal gun owners. That gangs and smuggled guns from the account for the vast majority of gun violence. That you could ban 100% of guns... and guns would still be everywhere and used to kill people. Explain that it was all a Liberal manipulation of their voters, thinking that the voters were that foolish to fall for it. He could have pushed that so hard.
Instead he insta-folded and flip flopped. I knew it was over the moment he did it. All the momentum shifted and it was done.
Shouldn't have flip flopped on the guns. People were just looking for a reason to view him as a liar. All the swing voters who just wanted a new party to vote for but wanted a red tory instantly saw lies with the gun flip flop and it called into question everything else he had been saying for weeks.
He should have held strong and firm. Looked like a strong leader and explain how only a tiny portion, less than 10% of gun crimes are committed by legal gun owners. That gangs and smuggled guns from the account for the vast majority of gun violence. That you could ban 100% of guns... and guns would still be everywhere and used to kill people. Explain that it was all a Liberal manipulation of their voters, thinking that the voters were that foolish to fall for it. He could have pushed that so hard.
Instead he insta-folded and flip flopped. I knew it was over the moment he did it. All the momentum shifted and it was done.