Australian senator calls Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer while taking oath
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An indigenous Australian Senator, Lidia Thorpe, called Britain's Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer while taking the oath of office in Parliament.
Indigenous Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe on Monday referred to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as a coloniser and swore allegiance reluctantly while taking the oath of office as the recently elected lawmaker.
The 96-year-old Queen is Australia's head of state and Thorpe resentfully swore allegiance to the queen by raising her right fist in a Black Power salute as a mark of protest.
Greens Senator Thorpe said, “I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
This Indigenous Australian senator referred to Britain's Queen Elizabeth as a coloniser, when she was taking her oath of office in the Senate pic.twitter.com/4QjCO4dYSv
She was then reprimanded by the chamber's president, Sue Lines.
