(National Post) The Liberals have revoked the candidacy of Edmonton-area candidate Rod Loyola after National Post asked about a video in which he praised the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah at a 2009 anti-NATO protest.
National Post had sent the video to the Liberal campaign on Thursday seeking its response to the comments. After multiple requests for a response over several hours, the campaign finally responded Thursday evening that Loyola was out.
“Mr. Loyola is no longer our candidate for Edmonton Gateway,” wrote Liberal campaign spokesperson Isabella Orozco-Madison in an email.
Loyola, then a rapper with a group called People’s Poets, said in the 2009 video that Hamas and Hezbollah, both listed terrorist organizations in Canada, should be lionized, not condemned.
