An unrepentant Sen. Fraser Anning dismissed the censure motion as ‘an exercise in left-wing virtue signalling of the worst kind’
CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian senator was censured by his colleagues on Wednesday for seeking to blame the victims of last month’s mosque shootings and vilify Muslims.
“Sen. Anning’s comments were ugly and divisive. They were dangerous and unacceptable from anyone, let alone a member of this place,” Government Senate Leader Mathias Cormann told the Senate. Hanson said while Anning’s comments were “untimely and therefore deemed highly insensitive, he still maintains a right to his opinion.”
Anning on Wednesday criticized Prime Minister Scott Morrison for saying at the time that Anning should “be subject to the full force of the law” for his retaliation against Connolly. Police investigated the altercation but no charges have been announced. The minor Greens party later failed to win majority support for a motion for the Senate to suspend Anning.
Senate President Scott Ryan warned that laws had been tightened in the 1980s so that suspending Anning could be challenged in the courts.
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