{"id":2805,"date":"2021-09-03T01:42:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T01:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2021-09-03T02:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T02:29:09","slug":"liberal-mp-bill-blair-accused-by-social-media-users-of-faking-his-own-lawn-sign-sabotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/2021\/09\/03\/liberal-mp-bill-blair-accused-by-social-media-users-of-faking-his-own-lawn-sign-sabotage\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal MP Bill Blair accused by social media users of faking his own lawn sign sabotage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Liberal MP Bill Blair released a story about how a bunch of his lawn signs were recently stolen and dumped in what he describes as a wooded area. Bill goes on to request those that had their signs taken to please email him for the quick replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users were not so slow to notice that Bills so called used lawn signs looked like new signs that have never even seen a lawn in their life. What do you think? 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