New South Wales Treasurer Matt Kean has called on Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves to be disendorsed over comments about transgender people, telling the ABC "she's got to go".
Ms Deves is the hand-picked Liberal in the seat once held by former prime minister Tony Abbott. She was pre-selected at the last minute after bitter factional infighting within the party. Mr Kean, who is a leader of the moderate faction in New South Wales, told the ABC there should be no room for her views inside the Liberal Party."There is no place for that vile bigotry in a mainstream political party or quite frankly anywhere.Katherine Deves also described transgender children as "surgically multilated and sterilised" in now-deleted tweets last November.
"I've always loved 20th-century history and I think many people would say to themselves, 'I'd never been to villages that stayed quiet, while the trains went past or whatever, I would have been part of the French Resistance, the underground, you know, I would be one of those people'," Ms Deves said in a YouTube video.
On Wednesday afternoon, once separate reports of Ms Deves's deleted online comments emerged, Mr Morrison was asked which of her views he shared.
Transgender is just a gender so what. If they are more male than female they should not be in women gender sports. Gender has to be discussed not seen as vile by some pea brained twits. GENDER is not a dirty word, but GENDER in sport has to be equal in status.
OscarBColeman
What's with this turkey, whose team is he on?
What is going to be done about this bias
The LNP have reneged on their ICAC promise, driven the country into deep debt, forgot to order vaccines, failed to manage quarantine and aged care, and their answer is to distract us with anti-transgender hate speech? What a horrible bunch.
all for testosterone in sport, let the women supplement! can't wait for the first woman to win the men's 100m
No surprise he's a fan of cancel culture!
I'd vote for her just on her comments alone. Carry on Kath.
PatsKarvelas We should be very scared of Scott Morrison.
Is that the NSW Treasurer or a statement and endorsement of ABC opinion?
Will Matt be prepared to campaign against her if she is not dumped ?
LNPvoterfail We've been in excess of corruption. Time for what we need. AlboForPM AlboForPM FederalICAC FederalICACNow MorrisonMustGo auspol ausvotes AusVotes22 AusPol2022
PatsKarvelas
Why doesn't the ABC ask MORRISON if HE will remain on as the PM if the LNP win the election? Now THERE'S a tough question, IF YOU HAVE THE BALL'S TO ASK HIM!!
Trust the science.
Atta boy
Should be sued for comments so out of touch with what this type of vomit does to people
But it’s a captains pick!!! 😂😂😂😂
PatsKarvelas Looks like Matt Kean will not be in Jason Falinski MP's, list of LNP favorites anymore if he ever was.... Jason has also upset many of the MacKellar locals who also think Katherine Deves is 'not a fit and proper person' to be an MP., Not in Australia anyway...
PatsKarvelas Geez could you have chosen a less flattering photo? Matt is right. All decent Australians would agree with him. Katherine Deves is a hateful bigot, and the majority of Australians are appalled by the comments that have come out of this woman's mouth.
PatsKarvelas You don't have to be Blind Freddy to see where the LNP copied their attacks on trans people. Importing a made up kkkulture war.
PatsKarvelas Why the photo Kean caught with a silly expression? Did you troll through video of him until you found the worst possible frame. Honestly you guys are unprofessional AusPol2022 Elections2022
The liberal leadership supporting her, then changing the subject, is possibly the most honest thing that they have done - clearly declaring to the voters just who they were and who they still are.
I am outraged that the first election debate will be held on Skynews. We have the ABC which is free to access for all Australians and NOT controlled Murdoch. We are turning into America with Fox News and Murdoch control.
Here here unacceptable.
.Matt_KeanMP is weak. KatherineDeves is entitled to hold different views. I hope ScottMorrisonMP will hold the line and not be influenced by these bedwetters in the Liberal party. auspol AusPol2022 Warringah WarringahVotes
I like Matt wish he was premier instead. But sadly no. Maybe next time around
The lnp are in complete disarray. Never before has there been a party so divided during an election campaign. Scomo can't manage his own party, that much is clear. How can he be trusted to run the country?
ALL levels of our government from the lowest council worker to the Prime Minister must represent Australians. That is ALL of us. We should NOT permit bigots to even get a foot in the door.
Dump the hate, dump the lies, dump the corruption. Dump the LNP. auspol AlboForPM
This bloke is such a good human
Obviously Matt Kean thinks everyone has forgotten about his own tawdry scandal. He should pull his head in. God knows how he ever survived to get to where he is.
The comments were truthful. The UK prison stats are correct and easily verifiable, you do engage in fact checking don't you Aunty? IStandWithKatherineDeves RespectMySex womenvote detransawareness
DumpDeves
Well said Mr Kean.
Distracted muchly; you have one job, do better :-
Can't be anymore vile than the government's disgusting random strip searches.
21st May will see the end of Scott Morrison's RoaringRorties
What do you expect from a female Tony Abbott? The voters should be sensible enough to vote in zalisteggall again.
It's a low bar, but it's nice to see a politician call out extremists within their own party.
Bizarre. Calling for single sex sports is ‘vile.’
Liberal candidate gets gormless media to return discussion to preferred woke battleground that conveniently avoids all the crony corruption, the environmental carnage and general incompetence.
The electorate will decide. I think Matt Kean is simply focused on the election outcome. How many more of Scomos pics will also prove to be a handicap on polling day?
michael47818552 Sexting cheating Kean ?
could this mean a retraining course is on NSW TAFE
Captains pick is the term.
It truly is disgusting how so many people are trying to delete women and replace them with trans men. The only answer is to create an extra gender. Women have suffered enough.
Twitter are outraged. Just on that fact alone, I'd assume most Australians agree with her.
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