It’s finally happened, folks: the long-running absurdist saga of Malcolm Roberts‘ tenure as Senator has come to a humiliating close. Today, the High Court found that Roberts and five other Federal politicians (including Barnaby Joyce lol) all possessed dual citizenship at the time of their elections, and summarily booted them from parliament.
Frankly it’s wonderful, and the glee surrounding Roberts’ departure in particular is palpable.
In fact, the good people of Online have begun a very special hashtag just for Ole Malc: #putoutyourpassports.
Like Tony‘s onions and Jarrod‘s pot plants before him, Malcolm Roberts, the extremely weird unit who managed to sneak into politics on the back of a mere 77 votes, the guy who’s spouted more conspiracy theories and garbled drivel than even his incompetent puppeteer Pauline Hanson, has his own memorial movement.
#MalcolmRoberts #Citizenship7 #putoutyourpassports pic.twitter.com/v9twfCAMow
— Brett Debritz (@debritz) October 27, 2017
#putoutyourpassports pic.twitter.com/DARRGKj55v
— Bianca Gurra (@bianca_gurra) October 27, 2017
This one goes out to #MalcolmRoberts #PutOutYourPassports #Citizenship7 pic.twitter.com/nf50dzByD1
— Dave Cooper (@DCoopes) October 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/EbonyMcKenna/status/923792659075948544
Initially the torch was carried only by dual-citizenship wielders. However, the catch-cry was quickly taken up even by us impoverished single citizens, proving that acting scornfully towards disgraced politicians is the great equaliser.
I AM aware that I’m also a NZ citizen by descent, and I WAS aware that I was ineligible under s.44. #PutOutYourPassports pic.twitter.com/dtjtSlvARo
— Chris Bell (@dingcb) October 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/base_element/status/923794917104615424
I’m going to #putoutyourpassports for Malcolm Roberts when I get home.
— rebecca aka ‘da boss’ (@backtowinnipeg) October 27, 2017
I’m impressed by all these people who can actually *find* their passports #putoutyourpassports
— essjayeff (@essjayeff) October 27, 2017
And beyond the hashtag, obviously there’s just some good old-fashioned piss-taking. Because this is the bloke who said NASA was making climate change up and to be entirely honest he completely deserves every last bit of ribbing he gets.
https://twitter.com/MrDenmore/status/923762886702272512
https://twitter.com/petertaggart/status/923748574902370305
https://twitter.com/SquigglyRick/status/923755278830510080
https://twitter.com/c_tho/status/923755911344136192
“I will be appealing this decision to the Galactic Senate” pic.twitter.com/oqlPY7xVGg
— Matt Bevan (@MatthewBevan) October 27, 2017
Fucken bye, you braindead gronk. Go home and put your passport, and yourself, out – all the way out INTO THE BIN.
