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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


That didn't stop a candidate for president of the United States from appearing on Fox News to promote an aspect of his platform: Building a border wall with Canada.

"I have been sounding the alarm bell about the northern border for a long time," said Vivek Ramaswamy during a lengthy interview about an incident he did not witness, was not a subject-matter expert on, and had no insight into.

The afternoon of speculation rekindled rough memories for Canada from the 9/11 era, where American fears of cross-border terrorism resulted in a long-term tightening of the border.

Canadian diplomats in Washington spent years trying to dispel that canard, as it had created a real-world impact on Canada's economy and its major international border.

Meanwhile, on social media, Republican Arizona politician Kari Lake called this a terrorist attack caused by Joe Biden's open border policies.

One terrorism expert, a Canadian living in the U.S., told CBC News that, given events in the Middle East, she's been worrying a lot about domestic incidents, and originally thought this might be one.


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