Misogynistic hateful comments by Republican nominee Donald Trump led to the unanimous vote in Australian state parliament.
Members of Parliament for Australia’s New South Wales Senate voted unanimously to declare Donald Trump a “revolting slug” unfit for office. (New South Wales is the country’s most populous state and home to Sidney.)
As The Guardian reports, “Jeremy Buckingham, an upper house Greens MP in the New South Wales parliament, [proposed] a motion condemning ‘misogynistic, hateful’ comments the US Republican presidential candidate has made against women and minorities, including his bragging that his celebrity status allowed him to grope women.”
Mr. Buckingham moved that the New South Wales upper house:
(a) condemns the misogynistic, hateful comments made by the Republican candidate for President
of the United States of America, Mr Donald Trump, about women and minorities, including the
remarks revealed over the weekend that clearly describe sexual assault,
(b) reflects on the divisive, destructive impact that hate speech from political candidates and
members of elected office has on our community, and
(c) agrees with those who have described Mr Trump as ‘a revolting slug’ unfit for public office.
As The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph report, the motion was passed unanimously.
Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham is quoted on his website as saying: “It’s a great that all sides of Australian politics, from conservatives to liberals to greens, agree that Donald Trump is a ‘revolting slug’ and completely unfit for public office.”
“It’s clear that all reasonable and decent people find Donald Trump’s behaviour obnoxious and that the world is hoping American voters reject his politics of hate.”
You can watch Mr. Buckingham making the motion in the clip, below:
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