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Kathleen Farmilo

The PM Made A Vid About The Govt’s ‘Achievements’ & He’s Getting Roasted To Smithereens Online

Scott Morrison has released a social media campaign called “why I love Australia” despite not loving Australia enough to call the bloody election yet. Or to meaningfully address climate change. Or to give healthcare workers a pay rise. Or to deal with the housing crisis and ever-increasing cost of being a human being.

The PM released the video on his Twitter and it has already been convincingly ratioed. At the time of writing it had just over 1,000 likes compared to just over 2,900 replies.

In the campaign, Morrison discussed the setbacks Australia has faced over the last few years.

“You always have imperfect information,” he said.

“There’s droughts. There’s floods. There’s fire. There’s pandemic. There is now war.”

It feels like maybe three of those five things could be addressed with a comprehensive climate policy but hey, that’s just me.

Scott Morrison then credited the Liberal Government with saving 40,000 people during the pandemic.

“40,000 people are alive in Australia today because of the way we managed the pandemic,” he said.

Quite rich for Morrison to claim this without acknowledging the extraordinary efforts of and the extraordinary pressures on the healthcare system. Particularly the nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers who were on the frontlines saving those tens of thousands of lives.

I mean, obviously this is an ad campaign for the Government. But it certainly is a bold claim to make; especially without  referencing the healthcare industry.

Morrison also said 700,000 jobs had been saved during the pandemic and “countless numbers of businesses” would’ve been “destroyed”.

“This is why as we go into the next election … what’s firing me up?” Morrison asked himself. He is expected to call the election on Sunday, as per the ABC.

“We’re actually in a really strong position,” he continued.

Despite that assertion the internet was less impressed with the video. People were particularly frustrated with Morrison’s claims about the pandemic.

Getting roasted by king Shaun Micallef? You know you’ve truly fucked up.

I’m particularly impressed with the one person who just replied “BOOOOOOO” eleven times in a single Tweet.

And to top off the flaming, political commentator Ronni Salt wrote an entire poem in response.

A number of people also used the hashtag #CallTheElectionDickhead. Not a resounding win for Scotty from Marketing then.

The post The PM Made A Vid About The Govt’s ‘Achievements’ & He’s Getting Roasted To Smithereens Online appeared first on PEDESTRIAN.TV .

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