Trudeau digs himself deeper over honour killings quote

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau’s attempt at getting himself out of the self-inflicted mess when he commented that he didn’t like the word “barbaric” to describe female genital mutilation and hour killings (listen here) is only making things worse.

Now Justin is saying that it was all about “semantics”:

“Perhaps I got tangled in semantic weeds in my comments, particularly in view of the Conservatives’ cynicism on these issues”

This comes after his first attempted defence fell flat when he tried saying that “responsible neutrality” (whatever that means) should be used when discussing murder and maiming. See Trudeau twisting in the wind here

Also: Don’t let Iggy off the hook on this either as his spokesperson came running to Justin’s side laying the blame at PM Harper’s feet:

“It’s disappointing that the Conservatives think that a mention of violence against women in this guide is a sufficient strategy to actually combat violence against women,” a senior Ignatieff official said Tuesday morning. “If Stephen Harper claims to be concerned about violence against women, why has his government refused to develop a National Violence Against Women Prevention Strategy that the House of Commons unanimously endorsed in 2008?”

And of course you have the usual media trying to deflect cover for him as well: