EDMONTON—Justin Vung has been ousted as a candidate for Edmonton United Conservative Party board director following “unacceptable” online comments, according to a Wednesday night tweet from the party’s official account.

Vung, reached by phone, confirmed he had been disqualified over tweets and said he will appeal the decision.

On Wednesday afternoon, tweets from an account attributed to him were part of a terse exchange about the safety of cyclists. When one Twitter user asked another if they get aroused by the thought of a woman being hit by a car, a tweet from the account associated with Vung responded: “Not all women, some of them deserve it more than others, though.”

Another message from the account came an hour earlier, just after 11 a.m. In response to a tweet about the expansion of $25-per-day daycare spaces, the user said: “Good, we want ZERO of them if this price requires subsidies as we the taxpayers can’t afford these handouts. Can’t feed them? Don’t breed them.”

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