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| 'These guys are crazy': Barnaby Joyce backs 'Nazi' expulsions after backtrack | |
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| Barnaby Joyce says he was wrong to dismiss concerns of Nazism within the National party just hours after likening an investigation into the matter to a McCarthyist witch hunt. | Barnaby Joyce says he was wrong to dismiss concerns of Nazism within the National party just hours after likening an investigation into the matter to a McCarthyist witch hunt. |
| “I take it all back,” the former Nationals leader said on Friday evening. “These guys are crazy. (They should) have no role in our party whatsoever.” | “I take it all back,” the former Nationals leader said on Friday evening. “These guys are crazy. (They should) have no role in our party whatsoever.” |
| Joyce had earlier cast doubt on the alleged “neo-Nazi infiltration” of the NSW Nationals, comparing the scandal enveloping his party to the McCarthyist “reds under the beds” witch-hunts. | Joyce had earlier cast doubt on the alleged “neo-Nazi infiltration” of the NSW Nationals, comparing the scandal enveloping his party to the McCarthyist “reds under the beds” witch-hunts. |
| Nineteen NSW Nationals members have now quit the party amid an investigation into their alleged connection to “alt-right” and white supremacist organisations. On Friday the party said in a statement it would “not rest until every last one of these extremists have been identified and removed from the party”. | Nineteen NSW Nationals members have now quit the party amid an investigation into their alleged connection to “alt-right” and white supremacist organisations. On Friday the party said in a statement it would “not rest until every last one of these extremists have been identified and removed from the party”. |
| A motion adoped by the party’s central executive on Friday said involvement with five named organisations – the Lads Society, Squadron 88, the Dingoes, the New Guard and the Antipodean Resistance – was incompatible with being a National party member, and mandated that the 19 would never be allowed to rejoin the party. | A motion adoped by the party’s central executive on Friday said involvement with five named organisations – the Lads Society, Squadron 88, the Dingoes, the New Guard and the Antipodean Resistance – was incompatible with being a National party member, and mandated that the 19 would never be allowed to rejoin the party. |
| But Joyce said earlier on Friday that he had yet to see any evidence of nazism within the Nationals. | But Joyce said earlier on Friday that he had yet to see any evidence of nazism within the Nationals. |
| “Sorry for my aggression but I am cynical of this shit,” Joyce said. “I’ve seen Prince Harry in a Nazi uniform, I’m pretty certain he’s not a Nazi. | “Sorry for my aggression but I am cynical of this shit,” Joyce said. “I’ve seen Prince Harry in a Nazi uniform, I’m pretty certain he’s not a Nazi. |
| “I have an inherent cynicism because of a knowledge of how politics goes, right back to the McCarthyist witch-hunts for the reds under the bed.” | “I have an inherent cynicism because of a knowledge of how politics goes, right back to the McCarthyist witch-hunts for the reds under the bed.” |
| Joyce conceded there had been a rise in factionalism within his party in recent years. | Joyce conceded there had been a rise in factionalism within his party in recent years. |
| “Factions are a very poor replacement for policy,” Joyce said. | “Factions are a very poor replacement for policy,” Joyce said. |
| He said if it were proved any Nazi sympathisers were working within the party, they should be expelled. | He said if it were proved any Nazi sympathisers were working within the party, they should be expelled. |
| “If you know of a Nazi, give me the name and give me substantial evidence,” he said. | “If you know of a Nazi, give me the name and give me substantial evidence,” he said. |
| “If someone has done something wrong, if they’ve broken the law, sure. If they were fair dinkum a member of the bloody Nazi party then you won’t have to wait for anyone else to get to them. I’m a former serving member of the defence force.” | “If someone has done something wrong, if they’ve broken the law, sure. If they were fair dinkum a member of the bloody Nazi party then you won’t have to wait for anyone else to get to them. I’m a former serving member of the defence force.” |
| Joyce said the scandal would almost certainly damage the Nationals in the looming state and federal elections. | Joyce said the scandal would almost certainly damage the Nationals in the looming state and federal elections. |
| “This ain’t helping our electoral prospects.” | “This ain’t helping our electoral prospects.” |
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