From the Guardian · · 1m 20s
Jacqui Lambie calls Pauline Hanson dangerous and delusional
In a fiery Senate speech, Lambie put Hanson alongside Trump and Farage and warned Australia to turn away from populism.
In brief
In a fiery Senate speech, Lambie put Hanson alongside Trump and Farage and warned Australia to turn away from populism. Lambie's case is that populists stir up anger and point to people to blame, but working people end up worse off when those leaders win power. Originally reported by the Guardian.
Lambie warns against Hanson
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie used a late Senate adjournment speech to urge Australians not to back One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.
Abuse after defending Hastie
She said the abuse poured in after she defended Andrew Hastie. One Nation's cartoon series had called him a "traitor" again and again.
The populist trick
Lambie argued that each time populists like Trump or Farage gain power, life for working people gets worse, not better.
“One Nation whips up the anger and they tell people who to blame. That's the populist trick”
Another American forever war
She went after Hanson for backing Trump over a possible forever war with Iran, and asked whether Hanson would send Australian soldiers into one again.
“[Hanson] is not only dangerous, she's delusional!”
Feathering their own nests
Lambie said Hanson, Trump and Farage are good at promising to fight for people while doing the opposite. All three, she said, will retire comfortably.
“Senator Hanson will be fine in her retirement, as will Nigel and Donald in theirs”
Not about left or right
She said the choice is about respect and finding solutions instead of acting out of fear. Australia doesn't have to follow the ugly politics of populism.
“we can do better because we bloody are better”
What matters most
Lambie's case is that populists stir up anger and point to people to blame, but working people end up worse off when those leaders win power.
