An Alberta MP said he was not aware a person was flying an upside down flag with a swastika on it nearby when he gave a television interview at a protest in Ottawa on the weekend.
Michael Cooper, the Conservative MP for St. Albert-Edmonton, was giving an interview to CBC TV on Saturday afternoon when a person holding the flag walked behind him. A photo of Cooper in proximity to the flag circulated online.
In a written statement Saturday night, Cooper distanced himself from the symbol, condemning it as “evil.”
“Had I seen the symbol, I would have condemned it, as
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