Ontario Conservative leader abruptly resigns after he is accused of sexual assault and misconduct with very young, drunk women

There were three obvious tells in his late night press conference last night, when he tried to deny the allegations. Tells that seem to crop up increasingly often these days:

“no-one appreciates that [respect for women] more than I do”
(overdoing the denial. cf “I’m the least racist person…”)

“I have two younger sisters who are my best friends”
(translation: I do have some standards - I respect women when they are related to me)

“this is not who I am”
(translation: This is exactly who I am, but I can’t say that)

Video of his denials here: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/01/24/patrick-browns-statement-regarding-allegations-of-misconduct.html

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