Office of Alberta Premier Smith responds to her comment about chemtrails [Video]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office says her recent comments about chemtrails don’t mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

“The premier was simply sharing what she has heard from some folks over the summer on this issue,” Smith’s spokesperson Savannah Johannsen said Tuesday in a statement.

“She was not saying that she believed the U.S. government was using chemtrails in Alberta.”

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Johannsen added: “The premier has heard concerns from many Albertans about this topic. In response, the provincial government looked into the issue and found no evidence of chemtrails occurring in Alberta.”

Smith faced criticism after she spoke about chemtrails this past weekend at a United Conservative Party town hall in Edmonton.

During the town hall, in response to an audience member’s concerns about chemtrail spraying over Edmonton, Smith …