CANBERRA – Following Christchurch mass shootings, Australian Senator FraserAnning made controversial comments, attributing the attacks to increasedimmigration over the years. The politician’s comments sparked a wave ofcriticism not just from the public but from politicians across the globe aswell.
Recently, a fellow Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young disowned Anning, saying that‘he is not us’ and that he doesn’t deserve to be a called a Senator or evenAustralian. She further went on to call him a ‘disgrace’.
He must be suspended. He does not deserve another moment of privilege inthis place [Senate]. He is not fit to represent the Australian people.
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Fraser Anning has been humiliated by his colleagues, who labelled him“pathetic” and “shameful” in a rare show of bipartisanship, during acensure in the Senate. Here, Senator Sarah Hanson Young has her say.pic.twitter.com/n7OZ8Sicy2 link
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She slammed the far-right anti-Muslim politician for justifying thebloodshed.
People lost their lives and you think it’s a joke. What an absolutedisgrace. He has no right to have the privilege to stand in this place andspout that hatred, that racism.
The video featuring her speech has been circulating over the internet andpeople are praising Green’s party Senator for her outright comments.
Earlier, Anning’s hateful comments were condemned by the Australianparliament collectively, calling them ‘inflammatory and divisive commentsseeking to attribute blame to victims of a horrific crime and to vilifypeople on the basis of religion, which does not reflect the opinions of theAustralian Senate or the Australian people’.