A New Democrat in the Ontario election has deleted controversial social media posts after questions from iPolitics.

Dwayne Morgan, the NDP Candidate in Scarborough North posted a tweet suggesting then president of the United States George W. Bush was involved in the 9/11 terror attacks.

“Now if they could do something about Bush’s role in 9/11, people could finally get closure,” he tweeted on May 2, 2011.

The tweet has now been deleted.

After iPolitics first reported about a Liberal candidate endorsing a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terror attacks, the Progressive Conservative party pointed out the similar comment made by Morgan.

“9/11 trutherism is deeply offensive to the loved ones of the nearly 3,000 innocent people murdered on that day – including 26 Canadians who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks,” Tory Spokesperson Melissa Lantsman said in a statement.

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The comments are in line with conspiracy theories that still persist about the attacks that killed thousands in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. The attacks were carried out by al-Qaida.

In 2009, then president Barack Obama tried to stamp out the conspiracy theories. About al-Qaida’s responsibility, Obama said “these are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.”

Morgan is a well known poet, and was a finalist in the province’s 2016 excellence in the arts awards. He’s running in a ridding won by the Tories two years ago in a byelection. Raymond Cho took the riding from the Liberals and is running in this election.

A second deleted post references the “no homo” term popularized by rappers like Jay-Z.

In the tweet Morgan said “no homo – what bi curious guys say, so their orientation doesn’t come into question.”

That tweet has also been also deleted.

Morgan did not reply to multiple calls and emails requesting comment but the party sent a statement saying he’s apologized for the comments.

“Dwayne Morgan has recognized that some of his social media posts from nearly a decade ago were not appropriate and has removed them. He unreservedly apologizes,” reads a statement attributed to NDP spokesperson Andrew Schwab.

Old social media posts haunt another NDP candidate

Early on Friday, the Liberal party released online comments made by the NDP’s candidate in Kenora—Rainy River.

The Grits pointed to a Facebook post from 2015 in which Glen Archer said Premier Kathleen Wynne “should be in prison.”

His leader, Andrea Horwath, has previously condemned comments from Progressive Conservatives that echo the Trumpian “lock-her-up” chant from the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

According to the Liberals, Archer also posted a doctored image that edited the premier’s face onto the picture of someone being arrested.

“I apologize unreservedly for the language I used in a 2015 social media post being circulated by the Liberal Party this morning. I removed this post some time ago,” Archer said in a statement released by the party. “After years of Liberals ignoring northwest Ontarians, my frustration spilled over, and I should have used more appropriate words.”

Two other NDP incumbents, Paul Miller and Monique Taylor are being investigated over allegations of discrimination in the workplace. Horwath has said she would wait for the results of the reviews before deciding what if any steps to take.

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