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TORONTO — The racial slurs and intolerant comments made by an ostensible supporter of the federal Conservatives have no place in the country, the party’s leader said.

Andrew Scheer condemned the comments captured in cellphone video of the woman, who was arrested after spitting on and shouting at a man outside Toronto City Hall on Monday afternoon.

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Conservative MP Michelle Rempel said she suspected the video was a hoax, and decried the woman’s racist rhetoric.

“First reaction: this is staged. But if it’s not, to this woman — for the love of all that’s holy, we don’t want your vote. We fight against your actions. There’s no home for this type of garbage racist crap in my party, in Canada, or anywhere,” she wrote on Twitter. “I hope you seek help and find peace.”