Scott Anderson
Role at the time: Member of Parliament for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee
Condemned
Statement summary
Conservative MP Scott Anderson, whose riding includes the mocked cadets, condemned Hegseth's post as "a cheap shot at women and children," saying Hegseth "should be ashamed."
“You should be ashamed ... You took a cheap shot at women and children in my riding.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Fighting words: Vernon MP pans U.S. war secretary over ‘cheap shot’ at B.C. cadets
Vernon Morning Star report by Brendan Shykora, republished by the Chilliwack Progress, on Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson's Sept. 1 Facebook post criticizing Hegseth's "this is real" post about Vernon cadets. The report quotes Anderson's post at length.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Anderson directly condemns Hegseth's post as a 'cheap shot' targeting constituents in his own riding, saying Hegseth should be ashamed.