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Post by Admin on May 18, 2019 21:00:11 GMT
The anti-immigration politician egged by a teenage boy earlier this year has lost his seat in the Australian parliament following the country’s federal election. Fraser Anning, who sparked outrage when he said Muslim immigration was to blame for the New Zealand mosque shootings, has been defeated in his bid to return to the Senate. His party – Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party – failed to get the votes needed to win a single seat in either the upper or lower houses, according to Australia’s 9News network. The result caused glee among mainstream politicians and pundits. “Fraser Anning goes back to where he came from ... he won’t be in the Parliament,” said ABC News commentator Antony Green. Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman called it “one of the great outcomes of this election”. In March TV cameras caught 17-year-old Will Connelly breaking an egg on the senator’s head before being wrestled to the ground by Mr Anning’s supporters at a Melbourne news conference. The teenager was hailed by many as a hero and became widely known as “egg boy”.
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Post by Admin on May 29, 2019 18:06:26 GMT
The teen who cracked an egg over an Australian politician who expressed anti-Muslim comments after the March New Zealand mosque shooting raised nearly $100,000 for victims of the attack. http://instagram.com/p/Bx_8_7ml5_m Will Connolly, known as "egg boy" by his online supporters, announced $99,922.36 had been donated to the Christchurch Foundation and Victims Support in a Tuesday night Instagram post. http://instagram.com/p/Bx63I_dlE5D Two GoFundMe pages were set up to help cover Connolly's legal fees after assaulting Queensland Sen. Fraser Anning with the egg. Gordon Legal worked the case pro bono, allowing Connolly to donate the funds, he said. http://instagram.com/p/BwgD9GXA2MD Connolly's decision to egg Anning was in response to the lawmaker's comments suggesting Muslim immigration is the "real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today."
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