A Conservative strategist who has held numerous roles with the Conservative Party, and was closely connected to Andrew Scheer’s leadership campaign, has come out in favour of breaking up refugee children from their parents.

Georganne Burke is a long-time Conservative strategist and served as multicultural outreach chair for Scheer’s leadership campaign.

Georganne Burke is a lobbyist, registered to represent the @OPPAssociation at Queen’s Park on issues such as carding: pic.twitter.com/MzevSItAgq — Jonathan Goldsbie (@goldsbie) June 20, 2018

In her decade with the Conservative Party of Canada, “her specific area of expertise was in outreach to cultural communities”: https://t.co/MdYjJ0Wlap (h/t @valerieinto) — Jonathan Goldsbie (@goldsbie) June 20, 2018

Burke also ran Conservative MPP Gila Martow’s 2018 election campaign. Martow went out of her way to specifically thank her on Twitter. A Toronto Star article also cites Burke as Martow’s campaign manager.

She also ran MPP Gila Martow’s recent campaign… pic.twitter.com/gVLo3jSxZY — Noor Javed (@njaved) June 20, 2018

Burke’s tweet isn’t a one-off post. In January she expressed her support for Trump’s hardline immigration policies:

She also defended Trump’s conduct around women, arguing that those accusing Trump of sexual assault – over 20 as of writing – were “not credible”.

Burke also has a history of racism towards minority groups. She was featured in a Vice story on the connections between Scheer’s campaign and racist anti-Muslim groups: