Nobody does poncing tokenism like The Australian Greens.
In October last year, the NSW Greens passed a motion describing US presidential candidate Donald Trump as a “revolting slug and completely unfit for public office” in relation to his “misogynistic, hateful comments” towards women and minorities.
Today, the Greens are back moving to deny Donald Trump visa entry into Australia. From The Australian:
The Greens will move an amendment today aimed at cancelling the visas and deporting foreign heads of state and governments in a move directed at new US President Donald Trump.
They argue that if Mr Trump was a “rapper” he would be denied entry on character grounds to Australia for the promotion of racism and sexism.
A character cancellation bill is before the Senate this afternoon and will extend the Immigration Minister’s power to cancel visas on character grounds.
The Greens amendment, to be moved by Senator Nick McKim, would hand the parliament the power to cancel the visas of foreign leaders like Mr Trump…
“This issue has been crystallised for us by Donald Trump becoming US President. Let’s face it, if Donald Trump was a rapper he would not pass a character test due to his green lighting of sexual assault on women, mocking people with disabilities, his racism and contempt for the rule of law.”
“The Greens do not believe that a person of Donald Trump’s character should be allowed into Australia.”
Yet again, The Greens are engaging in grandstanding wowserism rather than actually addressing stuff that matters. If The Greens can pass a motion that Donald Trump is a “slug” and ban his entry into Australia, then why can’t they pass a motion to lower the immigration intake to ensure that Australia’s built and natural environments are not completely spoiled?
Someone might also ask them what they will do when ANZUS is gone and China takes over, rendering them unable to pass any token motion on anything other than “praise to great leader”.
