B.C. Conservative candidates painted as controversial win seats [Video]

Several B.C. Conservative candidates that were consistently targeted by the rival B.C. NDP for their past social media statements and behaviour — with the NDP making efforts to paint them as racist or endorsing conspiracy theories — have won their seats in the 2024 election, CBC News has declared.

Throughout the provincial election campaign, NDP leader David Eby had targeted Conservative Leader John Rustad and a number of his candidates, with Eby’s main line of attack during the leaders’ televised debate being to paint his opponents as conspiracy theorists who would cut government programs and provide tax cuts to the rich and powerful.

The NDP had primarily used past comments on social media to unearth a number of controversial views from Conservative candidates — from alleged anti-Palestinian racism, to comments about Indigenous peoples’ incarceration rates and the alleged denial of the Jan. 6, 2021, riots by pro-Donald Trump supporters in Washington, D.C.

Before the candidate nomination deadline, the NDP had …