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Vaughn Palmer: Doerkson loses no time dealing with Eby's allegation of Conservatives' Trump leanings

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VICTORIA — B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson lost no time this week addressing Premier David Eby’s charge that he and his party were supporting U.S. President Donald Trump.

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“I’ll tell you right now, Trump is an absolute bully,” Doerkson declared Tuesday in answer to a question about Eby’s repeated insinuations during his news conference earlier in the day.

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“I want to be crystal clear on this point,” the Conservative leader continued. “We will never, ever, be the 51st state, under my watch.”

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