A day after Doug Ford faced accusations of selling bogus Progressive Conservative party memberships, two PC election candidates are accusing Andrea Horwath of ignoring anti-Semitism within the NDP.
Todd Smith and Gila Martow told a news conference Friday that Toronto NDP candidate Tasleem Riaz has openly shared pro-Nazi memes on social media and praised Adolph Hitler online.
Martow says having Riaz on the ballot is offensive to every Jewish person in Ontario but she says the NDP has had a history of courting anti-Semitic candidates and when confronted about it, she claims Horwath doesn't take the issue seriously.
Riaz has issued a statement saying she's horrified that the inappropriate meme was on her Facebook page and can't recall sharing it in 2013 -- adding she finds Hitler and the hatred he spewed to be "abhorrent.''