Fraser Anning, Australian lawmaker egged by teen after New Zealand mosque shootings, voted out of o

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Source: usatoday



Kristin Lam, USA TODAY Published 4:48 p.m. ET May 19, 2019 | Updated 4:59 p.m. ET May 19, 2019



The Australian lawmaker who blamed Muslims after a white supremacist killed worshipers at two New Zealand mosques in March has been voted out of office.

Preliminary election results show right-wing Sen. Fraser Anning of Queensland has failed to gather enough votes to keep his seat in Australia’s Parliament, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Anning drew backlash for his comments after New Zealand’s deadliest shootings since 1990, then went viral when a teenage protester cracked an egg over his head during an interview.

"The real cause of the bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place," Anning said in a statement at the time. .....................................

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/05/19/fraser-anning-australian-lawmaker-egged-voted-out-office/3700319002/

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[jpak]

1. Good on you - mate

[IronLionZion]

2. Good for Australia

that asshole needed to go

[canetoad]

3. One high point

In an otherwise depressing election. Sigh....

[marble falls]

4. I guess he was a waste of an egg. I hope we are seeing a beginning of a de-Trumping of the planet.

[marble falls]

5. Once more from the video vault ...

[LittleGirl]

6. In the south

he would have been re-elected - ya know, like in GA or Alabama.