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Anthony Koch: Conservatives must accept that Trudeau is gone

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There is a particular kind of political delusion that sets in after a loss. It is quiet. It hides behind familiar talking points. It feels like conviction, but it is really just refusal to accept reality.

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Too many Conservatives in this country are still running against Justin Trudeau.

Anthony Koch: Conservatives must accept that Trudeau is gone Back to video

And it’s not really a strategy, it’s a combination of a putrid mix of denial and frustration.

It might momentarily feel good. It might get applause in the right rooms. But it makes one thing unmistakably clear to voters: this is a movement that has not processed the fact that it lost, and has not noticed that the game has changed.

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