Liberal senator Amanda Stoker apologises for calling Queensland premier 'knee on the throat' of tourism

“I likened the Queensland Premier's refusal to open the borders to choking the Queensland economy,” she told the Senate. READ MORE“For anyone genuinely hurt or offended, please know that was never my intention. I do apologise for any genuine offence or hurt caused.”

Senator Stoker earlier said she didn’t intend her language to invoke the last words of George Floyd when pressed about the matter. “I didn’t intend it that way … it was just language that was floating around at the time and it’s what came out,” she told reporters.“It was just language that was sort of floating around at the time and it’s what came out” Senator Amanda Stoker is not apologising for describing Queensland Premier

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I’m not racist, it’s just the language that’s around at the time.

Just shows you how Ignorant LNP are

No shit Sherlock!

Nitwit.

theipa detritus

Foxtrot, foxtrot Sierra !!! So at least THINK before you use words floating past !!!

Couldn't think of anything to say so towed the left wing, liberal, BLM line... How quaint.

I don’t know her, but to me she sounds more pissed off than sorry.

Lots of cock floating around you mean!

Nasty piece of work, suffering family members who lost their penalty rates in the tourist trade don't think much of you

No empathy! She should feel right at home in the Lib. Party

mvmsdazza A person does not use language that is floating around at the time..just because it is...no excuse Miss Stoker..if that is the way you conduct yourself it did not work..

Amanda is living proof that a englishman had sex with a goat

How is that an acceptable reason. What deep hole has she been hiding in 🤦‍♀️

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Another senator that has the moral compass and intelligence of a piece of corrugated iron. Oh, sorry, I didn’t realise what I said above was offensive... , it was just the language being used at the time 🤦‍♂️

Tosh. She deliberately used the language she did because she knew she'd get attention. Pathetic Disgusting

Ha! Told you ! Lol

How stupid is Amanda Stoker stoker_aj

What a horrible person she is.

No problem then.

.stoker_aj is full of excrement!

Give her a break, she's a Liberal, what else can be said.

Just one of those “garbage in, garbage out” moments. BlackLivesMatter

'it was just language that was floating around at the time.' Yeah, well, it was very deliberate, ugly usage and it says awful things about the crowd she hangs around with.

Brain dead politician falls prey to dumbness surprise surprise surprise

What a repulsive and repugnant thing to say.

Nah, not good enough. Clearly deficient in judgement precluding her from her position

The only time I knew who stoker_aj was and what she was in Parliament for Queensland the state I live in was when she started ranting. So there is other ways to be noticed and ranting is not one of them. auspol

Because that’s the kind of language and metaphors that LNP understand

TheBigShip Nasty piece of work this one.

Just apologise.

Engage brain before operating mouth.

Politicians are leaders. stoker_aj you need to enroll in the SenatorWong school of political language. Or study jacindaardern and the way she manages to be thoughtful in the way she speaks. SaySorryNow

Bullshit.

A Hopeless case. Begone fool.

What a vile individual to take that dying man's words and use them for her own!

🐂💩 This is a common theme for LNP MP's. Insensitive, thoughtless & uncaring. This is absolutely to be expected. 👎👿

she had to be prompted by channel 10 and then by cormann or someone in the lnp

Dolly did it.

Not a very nice person...

BarnsGreg If I told her to go ck herself may I also do a non apology.....it is just language floating around? Vile racist humans sucking on the public teat need to stand down

Just adds more disrespect and insults.

Bullshit too little too late

Adopting her pathetic narrative for the clickbait? Please exercise your news judgment and do better.

LNP members are floaters...

ElaineM11584892 we all make mistakes in our first real job.

BarnsGreg

Do not apologise it is never good enough just left the left nutters explode

Ewww. Good thing she doesn’t have a job as a guard in a detention centre.

I’m not a racist BUT racist has she no sense of respect what an absolute mono celled half wit

🤯😏🙄another lying politician...sickening!

I think “You’re lyin’” & a few other stronger words 🤬 might be floating around now.

What kind of person is this?

She’s full of crap

Words can be used as weapons or they can be used to guide, enlighten and edify. The choice is ours to make.

She fits right in with the rest of the slime team

Don’t you just love the sincerity.

Wotalotabullshit. It was deliberate. She is not sorry. It is beneath her to be sorry.

This was not a sincere apology, I don't believe she's sorry at all 🤦‍♀️

Unacceptable choice of words

Despicable. resign or be sacked.

She said it with the intent for her narrative...

Jesus.. she just doesnt get it.. 😳 Her apology was insincere and was just language with words and tone of no authenticity.

She was speaking publicly. It behooves her to choose her words with care.

stoker_aj Geez - You seem nice!!!

Who bloody cares. Now language is censored what next ?

knarfnamduh

Could only come out of a Liberals mouth. Certainly don’t care what they say.

Why don't you go float around...

And nasty.....

Why can't anyone say 'I am sorry I was so offensive.'

Yes! I've just seen the words 'brain dead' floating around Stoker! 🐍🛢💩

An odious karen with glasses.

Claiming ignorance is NOT A DEFENCE FOR RACISM. It is inciting hate for a group of people by dehumanising someone. Can’t hide from the facts.

RBJRON

She wanted the attention and media jumped on it, just what she wants. Now she in the spotlight, so most people like me that has never heard of her now know her. GG

davidbewart Yes she did her hatred is well known

This shows the shallowness and contempt of so many politicians. An embarrassment to Australia that we have such individuals of little or no talent in our parliament

With great power comes great responsibility. Finding it hard to believe white privilege did not try to co-opt black suffering here.

Rubbish she hates blacklivesmatteraustralia

“language that was floating around”? No one can be that out of touch.

Turds also float around the place. auspol

Anyone who believes her is a gullible fool.

Stoker by name- stoker by nature - the girl cant help it!

she would have done well in Nazi germany too.

davidbewart Air head.

No damn excuse for thoughtless comments. It’s just another example of how these people think. Revolting mindset.

Oh, so she's just totally out of touch with current events. Just the sort of person we want making decisions in the current climate....

Values in the gutter. Dead weight living on public purse.

You call that an apology when she justifies why she said The whole way thru it It’s not an apology And as for it’s was language just floating around at the time’ That is deeply offensive A man has been murdered his throat crushed Her tone was all wrong

davidbewart Here is some more language just floating around. BULLSHIT

Too thick for the usual dogwhistling. ScottMorrisonMP is not far behind.

But she did...

'just language'. Sure.

Resign

davidbewart I don't believe her. And she needs to APOLOGIZE

Could anyone ever give a more fabricated defence of exploitative racism? I bet she is still chuckling as she clasps her supersized soy latte decaf.

Disgraceful human being .... she has lots and lots of form ..... anyone would think her nasty racism is intentional.....

Does liberal mean the same there as it does in the US? Bc wtf

pepeMcGee Like Trump said he just heard those words somewhere , re comments “ When the looting starts the shooting starts “. Out of Trump’s playbook !

I’m too disgusted with her to read this. Makes me so angry. Bad enough but then she has to lie about it too. 😡🔥

pepeMcGee Turds float don’t they ?

Appalling for a supposed representative to use these words in violence against another human her apology is pathetic. ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP

She chose her words very carefully and hoped that it would give her media attention, but she did not expect the attention to be negative. Not very smart!

I’m calling 🐃💩 stoker_aj

Sorry but that is clearly bullshit.

My worst nightmare would be waking up, after a good nights sleep, and discovering that I married LNP voter. Why do they, LNP women politicians, have such angry faces?

What she said was perfect. Great analogy.

As in ‘I had no idea what his last words were, I just vaguely heard them off someone somewhere?!’

Your 'genuine apology' was as offensive as your comments. You are not a worthy member of the Senate.

So 4 hrs ago she wasn’t apologising but 3 hrs later she did? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Poor form, poor political judgement ... but she's a Liberal so little chance of being held to account by Aus media

I call bullshit!!

😄 bullshit!!! is there one decent person that has anything to do with the lnp one!!!

Stupid

stoker_aj Apologise or get out

Why was it 'floating around' did she miss the riots on the news for the past 3 WEEKS!!!?

This hooplar over this is Bullshit. Stoker can use what ever words she wants and so can l or anyone else.

How insensitive and disconnected can some people be in Australia 😥 Sad really 😪

The LNP are so blatantly racist, so often, but the media always give them the benefit of the doubt, every single time. They can do no wrong, because 'it's okay to be Right'.

And of course we all believe her!

Interesting that this other Tweet specifically says she refused to apologise

How flippant is this explanation

Rubbish.

Losers care more about one black man than the entire States Economy...

and she is a senator

Sack her.

I call bullshit. She thought she was being 'oh so freaking clever' when she said it.. Tone deaf privileged Karen.

She did NOTHING WRONG. Get your knee off the throat of common sense. FFS

Floating language 🤷‍♂️

be careful- you are popular with the right

That is just not credible. She deliberately linked it to George Floyd. To say otherwise is disingenuous, at best.

Featherbrained? 'floating around' how appropriate.

Got her the 10min of fame sha was obviously after, poor form but that’s our politicians at this point in time.

Liberal senator , with form like this no doubt she will be liberal minister in short time auspol

just the stuff floating around at those Qld young libs meetings ?......I guess also what is being said by senior Libs when there is no boom mic around ? 😏 .......words just floating around in a very dirty libs/nats pond

APOLOGIZE APOLOGIZE APOLOGIZE APOLOGIZE

If that racist comment is the only thing 'floating' out of her brain, I dread to think what's left in her brain ?

' blah blah blah.. holding .. feet to the fire ..' Charming visuals with this person.

These LNP MP's can only spew insults and lies no policies. Deb Frecklington is a nasty piece of work who is a perpetual whinger and whiner. The borders will be open in a few weeks. There are no international flights as yet who are the tourisms bread & butter.

No you need to call this out. She very very deliberately chose her words to get a headline. You have her a headline, now call her out on the weasel words

It's unfortunate that Stoker is a lying dirty gutter-snipe of no morals.

The so-called defence is worse than the offence.

Bullshit

I didn’t think the caliber of our politicians could get any worse. Sadder still is she doesn’t have the spine to stand by her comments.

Good grief, why doesn’t she just apologise. Admitting she is disconnected to what is happening in the world makes it worse. Its the obtuse smug ignorance of an LNP parliamentarian. They are proud they are so out of touch.

Yes. She. Did.

Just floating about......what an absolute disgrace.

Is anyone allowed to say anything without it being referred back to a career criminals unfortunate demise. Has anyone heard from George Floyd’s victims? Wonder what Floyd’s victims think and feel.

Language floats? What a cop out. Sickening.

'I'm just a mindless bimbo, don't blame me'? stoker_aj

Racism, ugly, blatant racism ! Stoker has form

When Morrison gave the go ahead to start attacking Labour premiers’cause they’re more popular than me’, he expected them to use their brains. This attempt turned around and bit her on the ass lol

What's her Twitter handle

ajcornell I'm just popping out for 20 minutes - I'll be back with the 'language that is floating around at the time'.

Stoker is a plain straight up nasty racist grub. She needs to resign

Shock horror! Where’s my safe space.

🐂💩 She knew exactly what she was saying. Sack her.

Is she related to Bram Stoker

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