One Nation dumps Victorian election candidate who praised Adolf Hitler as ‘GOAT’
The One Nation party has disendorsed a Victorian election candidate after his social media history revealed praise for Adolf Hitler and Islamophobic rhetoric. The party stated that such views are incompatible with their values.
Why it matters
This incident underscores the challenges political parties face in vetting candidates' digital footprints and the impact of extremist rhetoric on electoral politics.
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Prefer the Guardian on Google One Nation Victoria has disendorsed a candidate whose private social media account described Adolf Hitler as the “GOAT” and claimed that “importing Islam is making pedophilia legal”.
In a now deleted social media post, the party’s candidate for Preston, Franco Guardiani, commented on a social media post on X asking people to: “Describe Hitler in one word? Be brutally honest”.
Guardiani then replied with the acronym GOAT, which stands for greatest of all time.
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