Doug Ford says his support of Donald Trump is unwavering

April 2018 – Doug insists he is not like Donald Trump

Lorne, I can tell you I’ve talked to tens of thousands of people and not one person has ever come up and said ‘you’re like Donald Trump

Again, it’s the media is playing this up. I don’t give two hoots about Donald Trump. I care about the people of Ontario. I care about turning this province around and putting money back into the taxpayers’ pockets instead of the government’s

Recalling his late brother, Rob — a controversial former Toronto mayor seen by many as a proto-Trump — Ford noted “we were around a lot longer than Donald Trump.”

And as much as the media’s trying to play on this, people realize the Fords have been in public service for 25 years helping people and … there’s not even a comparison.

PC Party of Ontario Leader Doug Ford to CJBQ Radio’s Lorne Brooker in Belleville

November 2016 – Doug Ford says “not a doubt in my mind” he would have voted for Trump

The rookie Progressive Conservative leader told Toronto Life in November 2016 that he would have cast a ballot for the mercurial New York businessman — “not a doubt in my mind”

Toronto Star

October 13, 2016 interview with CityNews reporter Cynthia Mulligan. See the full video on CityNews here.

Q: Are you still a supporter of Donald Trump?

Absolutely. I wouldn’t waver. The GOP is wavering, I wouldn’t waver.

Q: Republicans are jumping off the ship in droves, why is it you’re still staying on?

They weren’t on the ship at the beginning. So the establishment that he’s run against, the 14 million people in the US are dead against these career politicians. They were never with them. The Paul Ryans and the McCains, they’re finding an excuse to jump ship. What they don’t realize, it makes their campaigns a lot weaker. What he has said, is inexcusable, some of the things.

Q: But then how can you still support him? All these revelations from women coming out saying that he has sexually assaulted them. How can you still stand by him?

First you have to make sure it’s true. That’s the first thing. So accusations are coming out.

Sure, but it’s almost reminiscent of Bill Cosby when they just start piling on and there’s a ring of, you know, common accusation here.

It’s excusable. But I look at the alternative. The alternative is Crooked Hillary. If you ever look into their background, I have to wonder how they made all this money when when she was in government. They they didn’t know in a business. There were tens of millions of dollars. And she was secretary of state.

So I think this Wikileaks every every day is coming out with new information that should shock the people.

Let’s put this into perspective. Over 80% of the media can’t stand him in the US. I’ve never seen a more biased media in my entire life except Rob Ford. But outside of that I have not seen a more biased media.

Q: Do you see parallels between Donald Trump and Rob Ford?

No, Rob’s totally different than Donald Trump.

Q: But in terms of going against the establishment, not being accepted as you claim by the media. You’re drawing a lot of parallels.

Absolutely. So Rob wasn’t accepted by the conservative party, liberal party or the NDP even though he had tremendous support and traditional NDP voters and liberal voters and conservative voters. The establishment don’t see eye to eye with the Fords and that that’s their choice. Along with the career politicians.

Donald Trump’s a business man. He’s a very successful business man. I think he’s a marketing genius. They needed change down in the US. Obama has been an absolute disaster in my opinion in the US.

I run a business, the healthcare costs are going through the roof for not only the businesses, but the people.

Q: But shouldn’t a president or any politician have strong moral fiber. Are you seeing that in Donald Trump?

Well, he does have strong moral fiber.

Q: He’s a misogynist. He’s always slamming women.

No, he’s not always slamming women. If you look at the events he’s at, there’s a lot of women there.

I went home. I have four girls and my wife. So I have five women. And I asked him, does this bother you, what happened 11 years ago?

And all of them, and I didn’t coerce them or anything, they all said, we care about the taxes.

We care about our business taxes going up under President Obama, we need more stability, so it’s about the bottom line.

Q: So are you saying the wallet, the bottom line? Trump’s anything, even whether or not he’s sexually abused women over the years, including allegations of a 13 year old girl? Is the bottom line in the wallet more important than that?

No, it’s inexcusable. But if you want to talk about 13 year old girls, let’s talk about Hillary Clinton again, protecting a pedophile that went after a 13 year old girl. And then she started to mock this 13 year old girl, which I think is disgusting. So, you know, do you have two great candidates? No. Do I think Donald Trump can run the country a lot better and get along with other countries like Russia? Absolutely, he can do a better job. He can create a stimulus. He can lower taxes. Right now, in the United States, the corporate tax is 78% higher than in Canada. What he’s proposing is to lower the corporate tax down to 15%, create new jobs, stimulate the economy, and that’s what it comes down to, is really creating jobs.

You look at inner cities, for example. I spent a lot of time in Chicago. A lot of Canadians, I [could] bring into parts of Chicago and drop them off of 11 o’clock at night and there’s a good chance you might not see that person again.

We have to create jobs, put money into the taxpayers’ pocket, and Hillary Clinton has not showed that she is competent to be president of the United States.

Q: What is it about Donald Trump and Rob Ford that they inspire the populist vote, that they capture that in a way that politicians envy?

The average politician speaks out of both sides of their mouth. No matter if it’s here or in the United States, and it’s all three levels of government here in all parties. They act one way in front of the people, and they think people are stupid, and they can blow smoke, where the sun doesn’t shine with these people. And people don’t buy it anymore.

You look around the world. You look at the vote over in England, over in the UK. The people spoke up. You look over in the Philippines. You look at Iceland. You look at Rob Ford. You look at Donald Trump. Look up Bernie Sanders. People are just fed up with these politicians that get up there, promise something, don’t commit to their promises after they get elected. And it’s all about – you know it’s all about – is filling their buddies pockets full of money. Sole source deals, giving contracts, it’s all about the money.

No one can buy Donald Trump, and everyone knows that.

Q: Back to his character. You said it yourself, you have daughters. Would you be comfortable with one of your daughters being in a room along with him?

I would be. Absolutely. I would be. Donald Trump hires a lot of women out there. He respects women. Would his daughter feel comfortable? Would his wife feel comfortable? Would I feel comfortable with Hillary Clinton taking care of my money down there that I pay the taxes corporate taxes down there? I don’t feel comfortable at all. They’ve just continuously spent money and people are up to here.

Q: Okay. But is he your daughter more important than money? I mean, do you really think that he respects women?

Absolutely he respects women. There’s millions of women that voted for him. So all those millions of women are dumb? I don’t think so. There’s a lot of smart women I’ve talked to down in the US. That support him 100%.

I just got off the phone with one of my account executives in New Jersey. Female. I have another female that runs my New Jersey facility. She just said, this is a bunch of nonsense. I support Donald Trump 100%. She’s a very bright, educated woman. That’s just the way it is. The media’s playing this up.

I find it hypocritical, the so called righteous hypocritical politicians that, you know, they’re coming out holier than now. I’m assure you, as a guy, you’re in a locker room, and I’ve talked to a lot of guys, no matter what level they are, if they’re in a lead, if they’re establishment, some nonsense gets talked about. And it’s nonsense. This garbage is locker room garbage. I don’t condone it, but it happens.

But they get this pulled out. And again, she’s a hypocrite. The reason she’s a hypocrite, look at Bill Clinton. They’re lined up from here to tim buck two. And she turned a blind eye because that was her ladder to become president. That’s really what it comes down to. I find it hypocritical. Like if Bill Clinton was an angel, maybe she has a foot to stand on. She knew what was going on. So that’s the hypocrisy at its best. What he said, Bill Clinton did. That’s the difference.

Former city councillor Doug Ford to CityNews reporter Cynthia Mulligan