Published: November 02, 2018
Former National party leader compares scandal to ‘McCarthyist witch-hunts for reds under the bed’
Barnaby Joyce has cast doubt on the alleged “neo-Nazi infiltration” of the NSW Nationals, comparing the scandal enveloping his party to the McCarthyist “reds under the beds” witch-hunts.
Nineteen NSW Nationals members have now quit the party amid an investigation into their alleged connection to “alt-right” and white supremacist organisations. On Friday the party said in a statement it would “not rest until every last one of these extremists have been identified and removed from the party”.
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