Jordan Boswell, the NDP for the Brampton Centre riding, has been exposed on Twitter for having sexually shamed a sex trafficking victim in 2012. In his original post, Boswell was found making fun of the victim’s appearance, suggesting she was too unattractive to be considered by a pimp and sex trafficker.
“Geez they’re really letting everyone into that business these days #gottagetmesomeofthat,” Boswell wrote in a tweet caption to an article celebrating the woman’s freedom. The article’s headline was “Former teenage prostitute says more can be done to help vulnerable girls avoid life in the sex trade.”
Jagmeet Singh is campaigning on Thursday with Jordan Boswell, his candidate in Brampton Centre. Boswell made crude, sexist jokes at the expense of a vulnerable Indigenous woman. It reeks of privilege. It’s sickening. Boswell and Singh need to apologize. #elxn43 pic.twitter.com/yaSnNxA2cy
— Neil Before Zod™ (@WaytowichNeil) October 16, 2019
The tweet was dug up earlier in the week and Boswell made a public apology via Twitter on Wednesday. He writes, “I deeply regret the hurtful and wrong comment I made on social media. I understand this type of language is offensive and harmful. I apologize unequivocally.”
Unsurprisingly, many are disappointed with the candidate, who was admittedly young when he made his inappropriate tweet. A major backlash soon ensued, and Boswell has all but disappeared since his apology, despite there only being three days until the election.
Normally I would be all "look, learning moment and all. Apologies are the way to be", but if you can make that kind of comment, maybe you shouldnt be in politics, man. That was thoughtless and cruel and not something anyone should feel comfortable saying.
— Twitch: relational is better than transactional (@TwitchyMac) October 17, 2019
Resign now.
— Conron (@ConronTweets) October 17, 2019
Glad to see you are trailing badly in the polls.
— Linda Batt (@MelBat16) October 17, 2019
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