Wow.
Hours after the London terror attacks, in which at least six people were killed and many more were injured, Pauline Hanson has co-opted a Metropolitan Police warning to citizens for use in an inflammatory anti-Islam Tweet.
As the attacks were unfolding earlier today, police in London sent out a graphic headed ‘Run, Hide and Tell’ to citizens via social media, containing advice on what to do if they found themselves caught up in a terrorist situation.
This afternoon, Hanson shared a reworked version of the graphic, criticising the major parties for their border policies, with the message: “Stop Islamic immigration before it is too late.”
It’s unclear whether Hanson had the Photoshop skills to knock this thing up herself, or if somebody on One Nation‘s dank meme team did it for her, but either way, she’s well and truly outdone herself:
Stop Islamic immigration before it is too late. #auspol pic.twitter.com/u9nmVc9MaW
— Pauline Hanson (@PaulineHansonOz) June 4, 2017
Wow.
For comparison’s sake, here’s the original:
#Londonbridge #boroughmarket #vauxhall pic.twitter.com/a7OciBEBjH
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Twitter users were quick to condemn Hanson for taking a “detestable” and divisive stance and politicising the tragedy hours after it happened, and opposition leader Bill Shorten was equally incensed, saying:
“I just say to Pauline and everyone else – hold your horses.You’re in politics. Whatever point you want to make, make you may get an opportunity, but today it’s crass, idiotic and disgusting.”
Senator Sam Dastyari was drinking in a restaurant near London Bridge at the time of the attack, and has shared his account of the frightening scene.
Source: News Corp.
Photo: Lisa Maree Williams / Getty.
