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Tories angry at Liberal senator’s now-deleted tweet about Via Rail terrorism plot

The Tories have taken umbrage to a tweet by a Liberal Senator about the foiled VIA Rail terrorism plot.

On Tuesday, Conservative HQ sent out an email claiming that Senator Herviuex-Payette wrote a tweet saying this: "Harper wants to align Canada with the US, wants the same republican policies: he will get also the same terrorists."

The tweet no longer exists, but the Tories have a screen capture of it here.

In the fundraising email to supporters, Jenni Byrne, the Conservative Party's director of political operations, complained about the tweet and at the same time took another swipe at Trudeau about his 'root causes' comment with regard to the Boston Marathon explosions.

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Here's the email:

"Yesterday, the RCMP announced they had foiled a potential terrorist attack here in Canada – and Justin Trudeau’s Liberal team thought it was a good idea to use the moment to score cheap political points against our Conservative government.

Here’s what Trudeau’s senior Quebec advisor, Senator Hervieux-Payette, had to say on Twitter: "Harper wants to align Canada with the US, wants the same republican policies: he will get also the same terrorists."

I guess now we know what Trudeau meant when, instead of condemning the Boston bombers and calling for their swift punishment, he opined that we needed to look for "root causes" because terrorists are probably feeling "excluded." Trudeau's Liberals think Conservative policies are the real "root cause" of terrorism.

The media are deliberately ignoring this story to protect Justin Trudeau. We tried to get reporters interested, but the media would rather report on an NDP news release about Earth Day.

That’s why we need your help. We need to make sure every Canadian knows that Justin Trudeau lacks the judgement and experience to be Prime Minister.

Can you chip in $5 or whatever you can afford so we can keep the pressure on Justin Trudeau?

He’s the most inexperienced leader of the Liberal Party in history – and it shows. Help us send a message to Justin Trudeau that his comments on terrorism are unacceptable."

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Did the Tories really get their feelings hurt or was this just another excuse to take another jab at Trudeau?

(Photo courtesy of Conservative.ca)

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