Victorian MP Moira Deeming vows to fight moves to expel her from the parliamentary Liberal Party after her involvement in an anti-trans rights rally attended by neo-Nazis.
Victorian MP Moira Deeming has vowed to fight moves to expel her from the parliamentary Liberal Party after her involvement in an anti-trans rights rally attended by neo-Nazis.Liberal MP Moira Deeming spoke at the rally and says it was "gate-crashed" by the masked neo-NazisSenior Liberals are questioning Mr Pesutto's decision, saying it risks alienating some of the party's baseannounce plans to expel her"My intention is to fight and to remain a member of the team.
The "Let Women Speak" event began outside Victoria's Parliament on Saturday and was then attended by a group of masked men performed the Nazi salute multiple times. It also attracted a larger counter-protest in support of trans rights. She condemned the actions of the masked men, who she said were "later identified as neo-Nazis, who gate-crashed the Let Women Speak event".
Mr Pesutto on Monday said Ms Deeming was "actively involved in different ways in the organisation and promotion of this protest at which there were speakers with known links to neo-Nazis"."I won't have any of it," he said.
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