Yep, Turnbull Legit ‘Malsplained’ Double Dissolution To Leigh Sales On 7:30

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appeared on ABC‘s 7:30 with Leigh Sales tonight, and goddamn it – if you don’t like hot, hot fi-yah, THEN YOU BEST CLICK THAT RED ‘x’ TO CLOSE THIS ARTICLE IMMEDIATELY. 

Sales went in hot, essentially asking if a double dissolution election in May, which Turnbull announced today, is worth it regarding the ABCC. 

She also went in hard on Turnz over negative gearing, whether any policy has changed at all since the booting of Tony Abbott, and why on earth Treasurer Scott Morrison didn’t know about the change of date for the Federal Budget announcement.

The conversation was heated, and got hotter and hotter until it erupted like Mt. Vesuvius. The looks between the political reporter and the Prime Minister could have absolutely burned someone as badly as molten lava. 

But the part that everyone’s really losing their mind over the PM bizarrely and condescendingly explaining to a political reporter at the top of her field how the Senate and the House of Representatives works, what a double dissolution is, and ‘what the media does’. 

And so obviously, the Internet has also delightfully coined the term, ‘Malsplaining’. 

See below:

@abc730 Is this ‘malsplaining’? #abc730 #auspol

— Andrew (@andrewfaith) March 21, 2016

Turnbull being a bit of a jerk. “penetrating … of the obvious’ … patronising git. WTF? #abc730

— Candice Krynauw (@CNerinaK) March 21, 2016

Smug Malcolm struggling #abc730

— Mark Travers (@mark_travers) March 21, 2016

There’s never been a better time to have the media cycle PMsplained to you. #abc730

— Inside Molk’s World (@MolksTVTalk) March 21, 2016

.@TurnbullMalcolm is flustered by @leighsales quoting actual facts & dates about HIS OWN PUBLIC STATEMENTS. He wriggles #abc730

— Miss Miranda (@miranda_maybe) March 21, 2016

And right on cue Mal goes for the condescending snark #abc730

— SirLeslieHammondQC (@LeslieHammondQC) March 21, 2016

@TurnbullMalcolm are you really telling @leighsales i.e. THE MEDIA what the media does? #mansplainingMalcolm #abc730

— Amy Linnea Muratore (@amy_linnea) March 21, 2016

Now Turns is giving a lesson on how the media works. Thanks mate, really appreciate it! #auspol #abc730

— Dylan Leach (@leachitup) March 21, 2016

News media wants constant news. Important revelation from the PM. #abc730

— Spitty Drizzle (@rmcahill) March 21, 2016

Okay, now he’s #malsplaining the media to @leighsales #abc730 #auspol

— Emeline Gaske (@emelinegaske) March 21, 2016

Mal malsplaining to @leighsales #abc730

— Calamity Jane (@CalamityJane_66) March 21, 2016

Thanks for mansplaining DD, Turnbull #abc730

— eringravy (@gravylaver) March 21, 2016

I’m here for Leigh Sales’ face while the prime minister explains what a double dissolution is to her. #ABC730

— Samara_McCann (@Samara_McCann) March 21, 2016

This beautiful little exchange was also one of our fave moments:

If you’d like to watch the full fiery interview, you can do that below:

In full: @leighsales interviews Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on ABCC, tax reform, negative gearing #abc730 https://t.co/XVPxmm9WJz

— abc730 (@abc730) March 21, 2016