A federal election candidate in the Lower Mainland has drawn the ire of Canadian comedian and political satirist Rick Mercer, after one of his most well-known quotes was falsely used in a meme.
Mercer took to Twitter on Tuesday morning, telling fans that the meme sa国际传媒� a viral photo or video whose message has been altered with text to be funny sa国际传媒� is fake after it was posted by the Burnaby Northsa国际传媒揝eymour Conservative Constituency Association, whose candidate is Heather Leung, earlier this week.
The meme, which was deleted as of Tuesday afternoon, shows a photo of Mercer with a message to vote for the Conservative Party of Canada:
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Mercer also tagged Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer on Twitter and the sa国际传媒済ood folks atsa国际传媒� his party headquarters, saying the quote was sa国际传媒淣ot True. All Fake. Please Stop.sa国际传媒�
Nope. Not real. Just a straight up fake by the candidate i guess.
sa国际传媒� Rick Mercer (@rickmercer)
According to the Burnaby Now newspaper, this isnsa国际传媒檛 the first contentious meme posted to the constituency associationsa国际传媒檚 Facebook page.
Earlier this month, a cartoon meme was posted showing Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau on the edge of a cliff with the words, sa国际传媒淐HOOSE FORWARD.sa国际传媒�
Simon Jefferies, a spokesperson on Conservative Leader Andrew Scheersa国际传媒檚 communications team, confirmed in an email to Black Press Media that the meme featuring Mercer has has been deleted and that sa国际传媒渢he individual who shared it is not involved on the local campaign.sa国际传媒�
He did not specify who the person who made the social media post was, nor their role in the campaign. He also did not specify when the post was deleted.
Dear & good folks at - Your candidate in Burnaby North Seymour is distributing a Meme on social media with my face and the words "Vote Conservative" indicating it is a quote from me. Not true. All fake. Please Stop. ?
sa国际传媒� Rick Mercer (@rickmercer)
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