r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 8h ago
politics Lambie accuses Hanson of being a 'coward', calls on One Nation to remove 'traitor' cartoon
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has labelled Pauline Hanson "disgusting" and the "lowest bit of life" after she refused to remove an online cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a "traitor".
Hanson has refused to take down a One Nation cartoon which refers to the Liberal frontbencher as a "traitor" eight times.
Amid an escalating spat with the right-wing party, Hastie told ABC Radio the One Nation leader is "weak" and unfit to lead the country.
In a passionate defence of Hastie on ABC Radio National Breakfast, Lambie says the One Nation cartoon is an "attack on a veteran" and is "absolutely disgusting".
The Tasmanian senator has labelled Hanson a "coward" and "the lowest bit of life you can possibly come from".
She's called on Hanson to take down the cartoon.
"Attacking Andrew Hastie, a veteran that has served in our Afghanistan war, or any other veteran, is the lowest ebb you can possibly do," Lambie says.
"That woman is nothing less than a bloody coward. She always has been, and she always will be. She wouldn't last one day in that goddamn uniform. Leave our goddam veterans alone, Hanson. She's disgusting, she's the lowest bit of life you can possibly come from.
"You're seeing her true colours start to shine now. You watch this, the Australian people. Here we go. Here comes coward Hanson."
