Seeing that Saturday's (21st) federal election is approaching and the support rate continues to lag behind, the anxious Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has stepped up the trip to canvass for the campaign, but the house leaks in the overnight rain, and the recent events have changed into tricks.
According to the British media Guardian reported on the 18th, Morrison was invited to participate in a training match for children under 8 years old of a football club at the election campaign on the same afternoon, during which he accidentally knocked over a child and pounced on the ground.
Although the boy was not a big problem, Morrison's move was criticized by many netizens as "too dangerous", and the Labor Campaign spokesman also used his previous self-deprecating "bulldozer" stem to take the opportunity to satirize that "no one was spared before the 'bulldozer'".
Pictured from the British Guardian
On the afternoon of the 18th, Morrison came to Devonport, Tasmania to participate in the campaign canvassing campaign, and was subsequently invited to play a friendly match with the under-8 children's team of a football club in the city. Reports said he wandered the pitch "amicably" to help his team score a goal, which made Morrison more active.
The accident happened at this time, morrison, who was preparing to receive a pass from his teammate, probably did not notice someone on the side, and as a result, he stumbled and knocked down the young player Luca while grabbing the ball, throwing him to the ground.
Screenshot from the British Guardian The same below
Judging from the live video, Morrison hugged the child and rolled around in a hurry, without directly pressing on Luca, and Luca stood up after a moment's pause.
Morrison got up and smiled and clapped with the child, looking like he was having fun, and his mood did not seem to be affected by this little episode.
The club later posted that Luca was not injured, praising him for "showing enough determination and effort to stop the prime minister from scoring at all costs".
Morrison also revealed on personal social media that he had communicated with Luca and his mother to confirm that the boy was "in good shape" and appreciated the boy's love of football.
Although the boy was not in serious trouble and Morrison expressed concern, many people still criticized Morrison as an adult who knocked down a child as "too dangerous".
Elizabeth Howes, the mother of another child on the pitch, said she was angry that the prime minister was allowed to play in the children's game: "It could hurt my child, according to Australian media outlet 9NEWS. He (Morrison) doesn't even know who you are, he just thinks the guy next to him who takes pictures of him is awesome. ”
Andrew, political editor of Sky News Australia, also questioned: "To be honest, I really don't understand why the prime minister is running around with the little kids and doing sports. ”
The Guardian thought Morrison's reaction to the incident was somewhat "understated", saying he quipped at the club afterwards as if nothing had happened: "Where is Luca?" Please tell me he wasn't taken to the hospital for that. ”
The report also mentioned that Morrison's recent campaign to promise changes if he is re-elected as prime minister will become more compassionate, saying that he is aware that his past way of governing is "a bit like a bulldozer", so people often feel that he lacks understanding. As a result, the Guardian also spat out a sentence that "Morrison did not live up to his self-styled 'bulldozer' name".
Morrison himself mentioned the "bulldozer", reporting that the football club received government funding from the community sports infrastructure project and would build a new stand. Morrison teased, saying that tearing down the old stand might require a bulldozer, "Maybe I can help." ”
But for his competitors and opponents, it was another time to take the opportunity to taunt Morrison. Labour campaign spokesman Jason Claire was quick to mend the knife: "No one was spared in the face of the 'bulldozer'. ”
Another person P figure prank Morrison presented himself with a "baby trophy" to satirize Morrison's inability to cope with forest fires and the new crown epidemic, and the biggest achievement was to prevent a child.
As the countdown to the Australian Federal Assembly elections comes as a number of recent polls show that Morrison's Liberal-National Party ruling coalition is behind opposition Labour (54%) and that re-election prospects are less optimistic.
Faced with unfavorable election conditions, the Morrison administration frequently played the "anti-China card" on issues such as the China security cooperation agreement. However, the US media Bloomberg analysis on the 18th believes that this may make him "eat his own consequences", because Morrison's remarks have made many swinging Chinese voters lose interest, or affect Saturday's vote.
In response to this earlier, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Australian politicians should honestly face the concerns of the people at home and abroad, and should not seek political self-interest by spreading false information smearing China.
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