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Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook has called US Vice-President JD Vance a "knob" during a leadership forum in Perth.

Cook, who is vying to win a third term in office during WA's state election on Saturday, was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.

JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …

COOK: Knob.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 5 months ago

The only ally US respects is Israel in their genocide

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago
[–] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 5 points 5 months ago

I can only agree

[–] nick@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

He isnt wrong though

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

He apologized for it, apparently, which is crap. The truth is an absolute defense to slander.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago

Terminology is on point

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

“Let him Cook”, as the yanks would say..