Critical information we know at this point about the Rainbow Bridge border crossing crash outside of the identities of the couple who perished in it is that per New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) "there is no sign of terrorist activity with respect to this crash," a statement that was later backed up by the FBI's Buffalo division and which was made in response to early reports originally labeling it as a possible attempted terrorist attack. 

The incident, which reportedly was the result of a speeding vehicle becoming airborne and exploding, is still being looked into by local authorities.

Understandably, there's a lot of talk on the Canadian side of the border as well about what happened Wednesday as evidenced by a tense exchange between Canadian Press reporter Paola Loriggio and Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre over early remarks he made in reaction to those initial reports about the crash.

Loriggio asked him Thursday if he thought it was "responsible" to call the crash "terrorism when no U.S. or Canadian customs officials said that was the case." After she also cited Hochul's remarks, Poilievre launched into what has become a classic type of response from him - turning the tables on the media to point out the flaws in their questions, whether it be in the premise or something else, and then laying out the facts, making them look worse in the process.

Poilievre, who is vying to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the next election - which could take place as soon as next year, first took Loriggio to task over the fact that her employer had to make three corrections in a story recently, which presumably was about the same issue she was asking him about.

He then proceeded to correct the record, pointing out that he didn't allege it was a terrorist attack all on his own but instead had read/heard media reports from CTV that "security officials" in the Canadian government presumed it was an act of terror, and that he had asked Trudeau during a House of Commons session what he knew about it.

When he asked Loriggio if she believed it was irresponsible for CTV to put out that report, she wouldn't criticize them and was at a loss of words at one point in response to him questioning her.

"I just hope you're not going to print something you'll have to apologize for again," Poilievre remarked before moving on.

Watch:

NEW ANGLE: Pierre Poilievre schools a Canadian Press reporter for trying to shame him for citing "media reports" of terrorism as a potential cause of the Niagara explosion in Parliament yesterday.

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— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) November 23, 2023

And just to further prove the point that Poilievre is on the right path, here's Exhibit A on how he is rubbing all the right people the wrong way:

When asked about @PierrePoilievre's confrontation with a Canadian Press reporter, Toronto Star columnist and CBC panellist Chantal Hebert calls Poilievre an “intellectual bully." pic.twitter.com/7ZGihCdNzW

— True North (@TrueNorthCentre) November 24, 2023

As I've said before, Poilievre - like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - is becoming the king of putting on clinics on how to handle political partisans in the press, and his style should be another blueprint for conservatives here in the U.S. to operate off of when interacting with left-wing activists masquerading as members of the MSM.

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