Acting Australian PM Defends US Capitol Riot Comments
Australia’s Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has been criticised for comparing the riot at the U.S. Capitol that occurred during protests in Washington DC last week, to the violent and destructive riots that occurred over several months in 2020 by Black Lives Matter, which was founded by Marxist organisers.
“I know this is very difficult for the United States as it goes through great change but … any form of protest, whether its a protest over racial riots or indeed what we’ve seen on Capitol Hill in recent days is condemned and abhorred,” he told ABC News on Tuesday.
Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has continued to come under fire for calling the U.S Black Lives Matter protests racial riots , and using the term All Lives Matter when defending his comments.
On Monday, Mr McCormack told ABC Radio the violence at Capitol Hill, which left five people dead, was unfortunate and similar to those race riots that we saw around the country last year.
Today he doubled down on the remarks, saying both the Black Lives Matter movement and the Washington riots should be condemned . It involves violence. It involves the destruction of property. It involves deaths of people, and any violence of that form is condemned. any form of violence, any form of protest that ends in death and destruction is abhorred. he told ABC News.
Australian Senator to Call for Commission Into ‘Big Tech’ Censorship
Australian Senator Alex Antic will call for a Senate Select Committee into Big Tech’s influence and censorship of political ideas when Parliament resumes in February.
Antic told The Epoch Times on Tuesday he would be moving to establish the committee because he is concerned that Big Tech can so easily censor one side of the debate.
“Our democratic process is founded on our ability to share ideas freely and to be exposed to challenging and opposing viewpoints. It is crucial to the integrity of that process that Big Tech companies do not censor one side of the debate,” the LNP senator said.