Calgary In resurfaced video, Danielle Smith said the vaccinated fell for 'charms of a tyrant' referencing Adolf Hitler Refers to episode of Netflix series How to Become a Tyrant, focused on Adolf Hitler Joel Dryden · CBC News · Posted: May 08, 2023 2:49 PM MDT | Last Updated: May 8, 2023 Image: A woman speaks into a microphone. United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith, pictured in a file photo. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)

WATCH | Smith in a podcast ties vaccinated Albertans to those who fall for tyrants: Danielle Smith talks about vaccinated Albertans on podcast May 8, 2023 | Duration 2:48 Danielle Smith, Alberta's UCP leader, apologized Monday after a video resurfaced in which she suggests the 75 per cent of the public who received a vaccine fell for the "charms of a tyrant," specifically referencing Adolf Hitler. Smith then mentions the Netflix series How to Become a Tyrant, specifically referencing the episode featuring Adolf Hitler. Smith recalled an academic saying that so many people would say that they would not succumb to the charms of a tyrant or somebody telling them they have all the answers. "And he says, 'I guarantee you would,'" Smith said. "That's the test here, is we've seen it. We have 75 per cent of the public who say not only hit me, but hit me harder, and keep me away from those dirty unvaxxed."