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Prime minister turns his back on distraught resident of fire ravaged town

Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with angry locals of bushfire ravaged Cobargo, and it didn't go well.

Cameron Jenkins by Cameron Jenkins
02-01-2020 13:07
in News

It was meant to be Scott Morrison showing he cared for the victims of the bushfired, but instead it’s become a PR disaster.

As the prime minister set about meeting residents of the New South Wales village of Cobargo, where a father and son were killed this week when it was savaged by the bushfires ravaging south-east Australia, he was confronted by desperate and angry residents.

Mr Morrison went to shake the hand of a woman but she declined, saying she would only do so if he increased funding for the Rural Fire Service. In the moment captured by 9News (see below), the prime minister then awkwardly forcefully grabs her hand for a shake before a man accompanying him steps in to allow the PM to move on, essentially turning his back on the distraught woman.

Other locals then vent their anger at the prime minister, hurling abuse at him, before he is ushered into a car and driven away

“Go home to Kirribilli. Why won’t that burn down?” a man can be heard yelling. “Scumbag”, screams another.

For a prime minister whose image as a leader in crisis has taken a battering since being forced to return from a holiday in Hawaii as the nation burns, it was a disaster.

The way #ScottyfromMarketing grabs this woman’s hand for the photo op makes me sick. ? #dismisstheprimeminister #ausfires #AustraliaBurns #BushfireEmergency #cobargo pic.twitter.com/gKJy2ue7El

— ?? Stephie ?? doomer generation (@stephiewashere) January 2, 2020

Scott Morrison physically forces a woman to shake his hand then flees to shouts of 'Scumbag' by an angry mob in Cobargo
?#auspol #auspol2020 #ScottyFromMarketing #Australia #AustralianBushfires #ausfires #NotMyPM #NotMyPrimeMinister #Jenny #firecrisis https://t.co/IzXyDccZU4

— ???Bee? (@BelindaJones68) January 2, 2020

Seriously?! Morrison forces himself on another woman when she wouldn't shake his hand, when she starts complaining a hanger on steps in as if she's a problem. #auspol #ausfires #dismisstheprimeminister https://t.co/4ZBYWwVbwW

— ?? Prof "STAY HOME" Matt Haggis (@matthaggis666) January 2, 2020

Our Prime Minister just forced a distraught bushfire survivor to shake his hand before walking away from her in mid sentence.

The shameless "must get the photo-op" thinking as the community is trying to get through this crisis is truly disgraceful #ausfires #ScottFromMarketing

— Senator Jordon Steele-John ?? (@Jordonsteele) January 2, 2020

BREAKING: New Zealand sends emergency shipment of competent leaders to help fire affected regions https://t.co/J9pJeQDWWv #scottyfrommarketing #auspol2020 #auspol #ausfires #australiaburning pic.twitter.com/oFPfhMg77R

— The Chaser (@chaser) January 2, 2020

In response to the incident, the prime minister later told the ABC he was not surprised people were feeling raw.

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“I understand the very strong feelings people have,” he said.

“They’ve lost everything.”

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