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Columnist, Clooney latest to condemn tweet mocking Vernon Army Camp
The post drew condemnation from Canadian officials after it mocked two women in cadet uniforms and reignited questions over who first shared the image.
- On Monday, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared a post mocking two women at the Vernon Army Cadet Camp with the caption "This is real," sparking international backlash.
- Before Hegseth amplified the content, Canadian influencer The Pleb originally posted the image, claiming the military's "DEI" policies allowed the women to be instructors, according to Black Press columnist Wilbur Turner.
- Canadian officials, including Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney, condemned the behavior, with Carney describing it as "beneath our office." Vernon-Lumby MLA Harwinder Sandhu defended the cadets as providing youth "an inclusive, structured and safe place."
- Actor George Clooney condemned the administration while attending the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, calling it a "kakistocracy" run by the "least qualified" and expressing shame over normalized cruelty.
- Turner noted the incident highlights a pipeline between a homegrown Canadian conservative ecosystem and cabinet-level attacks. "The pipeline between a homegrown online conservative ecosystem and a cabinet-level pile-on says as much about that ecosystem as it does about Hegseth," Turner said.
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