Aussie politician calls out Abbie Chatfield after she suggests 'incels' should harm Donald Trump in shock rant: 'She should be on the watch list'
Ralph Babet, a senator for Clive Palmer's United Australia Party, has called out the former Bachelor star after she posted a video to TikTok which saw her make a gun symbol with her fingers and ask 'when are you going to do it?'
Babet reposted the video to his Instagram page and slammed Abbie's 'inappropriate' post.
'Here is an Australian flat out suggesting that the President of the United States should be assassinated,' he wrote.
'This is the woman that Prime Minister Albanese sat down with for an interview. This is beyond inappropriate.
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'The Prime Minister has a lot to answer for as does this woman. She should be on a watch list.'
In her video posted to TikTok, Abbie, 30, said: 'Americans, when are you going to do it?'
'Why is it not already done? Every day, there's another [gun symbol] happening and that's awful for your country, right? Why don't we redirect this energy to something else, you know?
'There's all these incels, "no one wants to f**k me", so they go and do [gun symbol].
'You know what would actually make people respect you a little bit, and maybe want to f**k you? Is if you did it.
'You'd get heaps of fan mail. Oh my God. Oh my God. Just do it. Like, you're all doing it every day anyway. Like, I don't f**king get it.'
'Incel' stands for 'involuntary celibate' and is a term used by a certain group of men who blame their inability to form relationships and have sex on women.
Incel groups have been accused of inciting violence and misogyny online.
'The Prime Minister has a lot to answer for as does this woman. She should be on a watch list,' he said
'Abbie Chatfield should be charged for demanding someone assassinate @realDonaldTrump & @AlboMP @AustralianLabor must condemn this vile threatening beast & apologise to the Australian people for associating with it,' wrote one person on social media
Many others also flocked to social media to call out Abbie for promoting violence.
'Abbie Chatfield's recent behaviour is deeply concerning - it's not just immature, it's toxic,' one person wrote.
'Abbie Chatfield should be charged for demanding someone assassinate @realDonaldTrump & @AlboMP @AustralianLabor must condemn this vile threatening beast & apologise to the Australian people for associating with it,' another said.
'Abbie Chatfield's alleged comments are highly irresponsible and dangerous, even if made in jest,' a third wrote.
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