Australian Senator Calls Queen Elizabeth a Colonizer While Taking Her Oath of Office

Senator Lidia Thorpe of Australia called Queen Elizabeth a colonizer during her swearing-in ceremony yesterday. As Queen Elizabeth is still head of state in Australia, all senators have to take an oath of allegiance to the monarch; however, Thorpe, the first Aboriginal Australian senator from Victoria state, decided to add a word. She said, “I, sovereign Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful, and I bear true allegiance to the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II—” before she was cut off by Senate President Sue Lines. One colleague in the senate yelled, “You’re… Read Full Article