Karl Stefanovic has branded Lidia Thorpe “the most hated woman in parliament” after the senator insulted King Charles on Monday.
But rather than take offense to that description, the controversial politician appeared to wear it as a badge of pride.
“It’s just another day in the colony, Karl,” Senator Thorpe said with a shrug on Channel Nine’s Today program on Thursday.
‘I’m used to that treatment. I’m the black sheep of the family, so to speak. But I wanted to send a message to the King… I conveyed it.
“The whole world is talking about it and my people are happy because my people have been protesting for decades and decades, as you all know, for exactly this.”
Stefanovic then asked him about his political future.
“The question you were asked this morning is: why the hell doesn’t Lidia Thorpe do everyone a favor and leave Canberra?” Want?’ said.
‘I mean tell the truth. I’m loud, proud, black. “Get used to it and listen to what I have to say,” replied Mrs. Thorpe.
Lidia Thorpe (pictured) has been called “the most hated woman in parliament” by Karl Stefanovic after the senator insulted King Charles on Monday.
“We need to grow as a nation, get rid of him and have our own head of state.”
The king had just finished speaking in the Great Hall of Parliament in Canberra on Monday when Thorpe unleashed a torrent of insults at the monarch.
‘You committed genocide against our people, give us back our land!’ she cried, while wrapped in a native fur coat.
Three days later, the unrepentant Victorian said that “the message has been sent, delivered and it is now up to the King of England to respond.”
Senator Thorpe also dismissed opposition leader Peter Dutton’s call for her to resign over her one-sided battle of words with King Charles.
‘I am independent. Nobody can kick me out of there. “I’m there to do my job,” he told Stefanovic.
‘There are pending matters. I will spend the next three years resolving those unfinished business.
National Senator Bridget McKenzie questioned whether Senator Thorpe’s actions breached the oath she took to show loyalty to the king.
Senator Thorpe said the point was moot because she surreptitiously changed the wording of the oath when reciting the statement.
When taking the oath, he was supposed to say: “I… swear that I will be faithful and maintain true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors according to law.”
But she told him alphabet who instead swore allegiance to the Queen’s “hairs.”
“If you listen closely enough, it wasn’t his ‘heirs’, it was his ‘hairs’ that I was giving my loyalty to and now that they’re no longer here, I don’t know where that is.”
Liberal senator Simon Birmingham said he is seeking a legal opinion on the matter, whether Senator Thorpe will need to be sworn in again, which would be a humiliating demotion for her, or whether she will be expelled as a senator if she refuses.
“It appears that yesterday Senator Thorpe admitted, confessed and stated very clearly that she did not take the oath to affirm her office as established by the Constitution,” Senator Birmingham said.
“If that is the case, it is a serious matter and Professor Anne Twomey, one of the country’s leading constitutional law experts, has said that it is at least a matter that the President of the Senate should review and determine whether she has complied with those constitutional obligations to occupy his seat in the Senate.
Faced with the prospect of swearing allegiance to the king or being fired, Senator Thorpe changed her position, saying her mispronunciation of “heirs” as “hairs” was unintentional.
Karl Stefanovic (pictured) had a heated debate with Senator Lidia Thorpe on Thursday
On Monday, Thorpe shouted insults at King Charles III (pictured) at the federal parliament building in Canberra.
she said News from heaven on Thursday, that she ‘said what I read on the card, on which ‘heirs’ was written.
“Now forgive me… my English grammar is not as good as others, and I spoke what I read, so I made a mistake,” he said.
Constitutional law expert Ron Levy said the High Court could rule that Ms Thorpe was never qualified to be in the Senate because she was not sworn in properly.
“They can’t expel her from parliament for swearing, for insulting the king,” he said. 9News.
‘However, there may be a successful court case for his lack of oath, for his revelation that he did not actually take the oath of allegiance.
“There is some chance that the courts will accept the claim that she was not properly sworn in.”
