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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Says He No Longer Smokes Crack Cocaine
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Edited | Ashley May 24, 2013 03:51pm |
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| Author | John Cook |
| News Date | Friday, May 24, 2013 09:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who has smoked crack cocaine, read a statement to the press this afternoon purporting to respond to claims published in Gawker, and followed on by the Toronto Star, that a video of him smoking crack cocaine was being offered for sale by people involved in the Toronto crack trade.
Ford, who—aside from briefly referring to the charges as "ridiculous"—has remained silent in the eight days since we published our story about his crack tape, made two claims in his remarks this afternoon:
1) "I do not use crack cocaine."
2) "Nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."
Neither of those statements is inconsistent with Rob Ford having been caught on tape smoking crack cocaine within the past six months. The fact that Rob Ford says he does not currently use crack cocaine has no bearing on his past behavior. He did not say, as one who has never smoked crack cocaine might say, "I have never smoked crack cocaine." He said he does not smoke crack cocaine, which is the sort of thing that someone who woke up this morning and decided to stop smoking crack cocaine might say, on the grounds that it's not presently untrue. |
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