Doug Ford calls Toronto lockdown protesters a bunch of selfish "yahoos"

[Saviolo]

Haha, in other circumstances, I'm sure Dougie would be right there with them. Nice to see he's at least taking it all seriously. I mean it could just be that he doesn't like protests in general, but I suspect a lot of these folks are conservative "open the economy!" types, which should be right up his alley.

As a protest against the provincial lockdown measures in Ontario played out in Queen’s Park on Saturday, Premier Doug Ford didn’t mince words when it came to expressing his thoughts on the event and those who were participating.

Ford commented on the situation after being asked about it during his daily COVID-19 briefing.

“We have a bunch of yahoos out in front of Queen’s Park sitting there protesting that the place isn’t open,” he said. “They’re breaking the law and putting everyone in jeopardy, and God forbid one of them end up in the hospital down the street.”

Ford then mused about what would happen if every Ontarian acted followed the actions of the protesters.

“It would set us back months,” he said. “That’s what they’re doing through these reckless protests, they’re setting us back. I don’t know who these people are, but obviously they don’t care about everyone else in Ontario. It just burns me up.”

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/doug-ford-queens-park-protest-selfish-yahoos

[bamagal62]

1. It's what I've been saying all along.

It’s pure selfishness.

[Saviolo]

2. Absolutely.

As much as I dislike finding myself agreeing with Dougie, he's right to call them out as selfish. He's probably going to alienate a chunk of his base for this.