Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama took a swing at Australian Radio show host Alan Jones on Twitter last night for attacking New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Easy to tell someone to shove a sock down a throat when you’re sitting in the comfort of a studio. The people of the Pacific, forced to abandon their homes due to climate change, don’t have that luxury. Try saying it to a Tuvaluan child pleading for help. https://t.co/opU9mb50Qi
— Frank Bainimarama (@FijiPM) August 15, 2019
In abusive remarks yesterday, Jones said Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison should “shove a sock down the throat” of Ardern.
Jones also said Ardern was “a complete clown” and “a joke” who is too outspoken about the climate crisis.
In a direct reply to Jones, Bainimarama who is also in Tuvalu for the Pacific Islands Forum said its easy to tell someone to shove a sock down a throat when you’re sitting in the comfort of a studio.
Bainimarama says the people of the Pacific, forced to abandon their homes due to climate change, don’t have that luxury.
He went on to tell Jones - try saying it to a Tuvaluan child pleading for help.
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison told The Guardian that he finds the comment by Jones very disappointing and way out of line.
[The Guardian]
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