PM Morrison Refuses To Act Against Liberal Candidate Katherine Deves Over Anti-LGBT Posts
starobserver.com.auPrime Minister Scott Morrison has continued to back his ‘captain’s pick’ candidate Katherine Deves despite calls to disendorse the Liberal candidate due to her past anti-LGBTQI comments.“This is a woman standing up for women and girls in sport,” Morrison said, appearing to only finding the way she expressed her views problematic, and not what she said. “There are ways she has expressed in the past that she no longer feels comfortable with.
It is always important to show respect for the person sitting across the table from you,” Morrison said.Trigger Warning: This story discusses comments, which might be distressing to some readers.
For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.In an email to her party members, that was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, Deves claimed she had been bullied and cited Morrison’s backing to say that she would not stand down, as demanded by some party members.“My opponents, parts of the left media and twittersphere have been unrelenting in calling for me to be disendorsed because of past statements… I have been bullied in the most vile way and received death threats.
I’m not going anywhere, as the prime minister said yesterday,” Deves said.Deves’ opponent Wentworth independent candidate Allegra Spender called out Morrison over his continued support to the Liberal candidate. “On Katherine Deves, Scott Morrison has now dug his heels in and our local member is nowhere to be seen.
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