'The criticisms are completely baseless,' Scheer says of claims he's too soft on hate groups - 2019-03-23

'The criticisms are completely baseless,' Scheer says of claims he's too soft on hate groups March 23, 2019, Elise von Scheel, CBC News

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Scheer has come under fire for speaking at the recent United We Roll rally on Parliament Hill, which had picked up participants who were making racist and anti-immigrant comments. The Prime Minister's Office also condemned Scheer for "sharing a stage" with Faith Goldy, a commentator who was let go from her job at Rebel Media after appearing on a podcast affiliated with the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer.

Scheer was also chastised for not shutting down a question at a recent town hall about a widely debunked conspiracy theory connecting former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to a child sex ring.

In that particular instance, Scheer insisted he hadn't heard the question properly.

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{{cite news | first = Elise von | last = Scheel | title = 'The criticisms are completely baseless,' Scheer says of claims he's too soft on hate groups | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-pizzagate-united-we-roll-new-zealand-extremism-1.5069197 | work = CBC News | date = March 23, 2019 | accessdate = May 18, 2019 }}