So yesterday, our very own Immigration Minister Peter Dutton volunteered himself for the role of ‘your unwanted socially awkward spirit animal’, when it was revealed that he accidentally sent a text calling Daily Telegraph‘s National Political Editor Samantha Maiden a “mad fucking witch”… to Samantha Maiden.
Peter Dutton SMS’s Briggs calling @samanthamaiden ‘mad f..king witch’, sends it to Sam, not Briggs @dailytelegraph pic.twitter.com/g89hCBvU7d
— Stacy Farrar (@FarrarStacy) January 3, 2016
Sending a bitchy message *to* the subject of the bitching is a mishap that strikes fear into the heart of every one of us, but as Mr Dutton has the popularity and charm of a turnip left outside for three days, he got a right lambasting on Twitter for the general state of his incompetence.
We mean… it’s not exactly the first time he’s flubbed:
Dutton is his own boom mic
— regular student (@justipen) January 3, 2016
And it’s not like he hasn’t earned a good deal of ribbing:
The Dutton mad witch text should not be written off as a silly error. It’s very revealing of his attitude to women. #auspol
— Natasha Robinson (@NC_Robinson) January 3, 2016
And when you think about it:
is it just me or does Peter Dutton always look like he’s just said the wrong thing? pic.twitter.com/4aAz8VFrD1
— Alex Bruce-Smith (@alexbrucesmith) January 3, 2016
So in what is only the proper order of things, Australian Twitter wasted no time whatsoever sledging the absolute pants off him:
Because @christianmccrea is regrettably not on Twitter at the moment, I must deploy our Dutton DMs pic.twitter.com/wpOVG9AEV2
— j.r. hennessy (@jrhennessy) January 3, 2016
Dutton accidentally calls the Speaker ‘Dad’ about once a week
— regular student (@justipen) January 3, 2016
Peter Dutton issued with new phone #auspol pic.twitter.com/RvnfxW5iKR
— Shorten_Suite (@Shorten_Suite) January 3, 2016
Between the FOI and the texty-text debacle, Potato Dutton sure is living up to his starchy name
— pusheen sympathiser (@courtwhip) January 3, 2016
peter dutton asks an ATM for the time
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) January 3, 2016
@Brocklesnitch He washes his plates in the washing machine and his clothes in the dishwasher.
— Rhys Needham (@Rhys_Needham) January 3, 2016
BREAKING: Peter Dutton accidentally matches with Shane Warne on Tinder whilst brushing his own teeth. The Minister has apologised.
— Kenny Devine (@TheKennyDevine) January 3, 2016
BREAKING: Peter Dutton accidentally matches with Shane Warne on Tinder whilst brushing his own teeth. The Minister has apologised.
— Kenny Devine (@TheKennyDevine) January 3, 2016
BREAKING – PETER DUTTON ACCIDENTALLY SENDS DICK PIC TO MIRANDA DEVINE
— John Johnsonson (@JohnJohnsonson) January 3, 2016
BREAKING – PETER DUTTON PROMOTED TO MINISTER FOR WOMEN
— John Johnsonson (@JohnJohnsonson) January 3, 2016
But let’s get real here, y’all can bow down to the winner:
respect to @samanthamaiden pic.twitter.com/AVX3BHaMN6
— Angus Livingston (@anguslivingston) January 3, 2016
For the record, Samantha is chill AF about the whole situation, telling ABC’s Radio Nationalthis morning that he stuffed up, apologised, and she’s not going to “subject him to a Salem Witch Trial of his own.” Lel.
