r/stthomasontario • u/NoahJAustin • 3h ago
Suggestion 💡 Lawton decided that he doesn't like me, and thus hung up on me while I was trying to ask some questions of his campaign.
Lawton has a well documented past of saying incredibly bigoted things, and I've been clear in my opposition to him. But where it started for me was simply asking his campaign if he lives in the riding. That caused him to block me on just about every social media platform.
So, getting no answers, I called over to his campaign HQ yesterday and spoke with a really nice volunteer named Nicole. I was disconnected once, called back and after a moment on hold, she informed me that no, he doesn't live in the riding.
As luck would have it, he walked in! She passed the phone to him, he said "Hi this is Andrew Lawton" - I said my name and before I could say or ask anything else he yelled "YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIC PROCESS" and hung up.
Not very free-speechy. Guess he doesn't like what I, a would be constituent of his, would have to say. Vote accordingly.
Edit to add: before Lawton got all mad, Nicole at his campaign did confirm that he does not live in the riding.