Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Sat 26 Oct 2024 23.38 EDT
Last modified on Sun 27 Oct 2024 00.01 EDT


Australia has rejected far-right provocateur Candace Owens’ visa application ahead of a planned national speaking tour, with the immigration minister, Tony Burke, saying she had the “capacity to incite discord”.

The US conservative influencer and podcast host, who has advanced conspiracy theories and antisemitic rhetoric including minimising Nazi medical experiments in concentration camps, will be blocked from coming to Australia after the federal government voiced alarm about her record.

“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [notorious Nazi doctor Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said on Sunday. “Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”

Owens had scheduled a five-date speaking tour of Australia in November, with events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Tickets ranged from $95 for general admission to $295 for a VIP meet and greet and $1,500 for a private dinner with the conservative media personality.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/27/australia-rejects-visa-application-by-rightwing-us-pundit-candace-owens

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LOL

[calimary]

1. ... and no private dinner.

I’d call that “just desserts”.

[displacedvermoter]

2. They can all eat crow!

[Orrex]

10. I'd say that they can all eat shit.

[displacedvermoter]

11. That as well!

[BobTheSubgenius]

23. As my friend says...

..."I'd rather suck cold shit out of a dead bear."

[gab13by13]

3. Other countries have laws against hate speech

but not in the US of A. We allow people to make threats, to lie, to intimidate as long as the threats aren't specific and actionable.

[padah513]

4. You must really suck if people thousands of miles away never met you and already hate your guts

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. Canada is much, much closer than Oz, so maybe it made the decision easier, but...

...Canada denied members of the Westboro Baptist "Church" entry.

[Rocknation]

48. Las Vegas police decided that sexual assault accusations against a rapper were SO bogus

they refused to file a report. However, the rapper agreed to pay the accuser to NOT file civil charges -- and that was enough to get him barred from performing at a show in Canada!


Rocknation

[BobTheSubgenius]

50. I am such an old fogey now that I have zero interest in...

...what goes on in the rap and hip hop world. Still an old rocker, still listening to "classics."

Thanks for the update, though.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Good for Australia.

[Mysterian]

6. "Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else."

LMAO!

[k55f5r]

33. That applies to The USA, also.

[Seinan Sensei]

47. Now THAT'S a knife!!

[masmdu]

7. Ha ha!

[Tanuki]

8. Good onya, Oz! 🐨 🦘

[BOSSHOG]

9. What do you think we are? A trash can?

[ReRe]

44. OMG

[wolfie001]

12. I'm no fan of Owens but I'll bet they're letting the white ones in

Australia likes to culture-wash its image.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. They did do it to another douchebag

Milo Yiannopoulos - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/16/australian-government-urged-to-ban-milo-yiannopoulos-after-christchurch-massacre

And threatened to do the same to Kanye (Ye) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ye-kanye-west-australia-entry-visa-antisemitic-comments/

[Collimator]

22. A friend of mine who is Black. . .

. . . chose to emigrate because he feels more accepted in Australia. His exact words, (which I can't use myself), " In America, I'm a n****r. Down there, I'm just an American."

[Elessar Zappa]

30. Australia has its issues.

There’s still a ton of racism against indigenous Australians. I’m talking really bad in some cases.

[wolfie001]

37. Thanks for that

It's just Canada down south. Every country has its issues and histories.

[ReRe]

45. Sadly true

How many millennia is it going to take to get the bigotry & hate out of this world?

[ybbor]

13. FAAFO

[Icanthinkformyself]

15. It would be schadenfreudelicious

if she and the other right wing dingbats were denied entry into America for the same reasons.

[Hotler]

16. Can we use the same reason to deny her entry back in the US? I know, it's a silly question. nt

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

17. Could this be a new reality show...

“Candace Gets Cancelled?”

I’m sure Owens could provide plenty of fake drama and boohooing over the fact that the Aussies won’t let her in to deceive and grift.

[republianmushroom]

18. Smart

[AZLD4Candidate]

19. Watch her whine she was canceled, even though no one is entitled to a visa and even if you have one, you aren't entitled

to enter.

Our own DOS says a visa is just an invitation to enter.

[IzzaNuDay]

27. Looking forward to her whining

the popcorn 🍿 is ready.
She is usually a dramatic complainer, so it should be fun!

[greatbaldeagle]

20. Good

Imagine if this country had done similar things with Rupert Murdock and Elon Musk either before or after entry. How this country let those 2 men come into this country and dismantle its political discourse and lay the groundwork for authoritarian fascism is one of the greatest national security failures of all time.

[tonekat]

28. Both of them are an invasive species

Like Feral swine and European Starlings.

[Envirogal]

32. That is an accurate way to frame this.

[sarchasm]

21. Burn!

[BobTheSubgenius]

25. Am I off base here, or can I express some surprise?

A WOC endorsing...praising...a misogynist, racist ideology seems badly amiss?

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Remember

Diamond and Silk?



COVID got one of them.

Of course there was also Omarosa, although she got her rude awakening early on and then wrote a book about it!

[BobTheSubgenius]

51. Sadly, I do.

[brush]

26. Hahahahahahaha. The crap she spews doesn't travel.

[underpants]

29. On the upside, people remember that Candace Owen exists

Gee, as RW influencers out outrage each other (often in the same nonstory) daily for some reason Candace has been cast aside….🤔….must be something …who knows.

[mdbl]

34. Good for you Australia. You're saved from the Bullshit tour.

[LiberalFighter]

35. Who is Candace Owens?

I'm glad Australia knows?

[BumRushDaShow]

36. She's been a Faux host/contributor

and is currently a Communications director for the RW loon group Turning Point USA.

Here's a segment when she was on Ari's show back in 2018 -

[mamajudi]

38. No visa for Candace

I just returned from OZ. While visiting my son, I watched their news quite a bit. They actually sentenced a guy to jail for making an obscene gesture...that gesture was a nazi salute!!! Heck ya!!! Wish we could do that here!!! But alas, we have our first amendment. Which lets those scums do what they want. Btw, the Aussies are very keen to report on our politics. Between their news and keeping up with DU, don't think I missed out on anything.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. A universal truth: "[Every nation's] national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else."

[Gregory1230]

40. FYI Australia is lucky

Hey to all,

For my opinion, Australian leaders are Labor political party similar to US Dems, but more like centre. In fact, 2 years ago, I saw Australian TV ch 7 during their election night when Labor won. I am an international news watcher for many years for UK, Canada, RSA, India, France, Germany, NZ, etc. So far I was on my historical 20th international election night when UK Labour won from 4th of July (interesting to see same day as US Fourth of July day).

Anyway, I am glad Australia are blocking her visa request. 👍

[4catsmom]

41. Australia is smart

They'd probably not let Miurdoch back in either.

[struggle4progress]

42. "Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay, fine"

She's an anti-semitic whackjob

[drmeow]

43. I predict

she'll scream about how her First Amendment rights are being violated!

[moose65]

46. Oh boo-hoo, Candace

I hate it for you (not).

She’s another one that makes me say, “Who?”

She’s found her meal ticket as a conservative black woman, but what qualifies her to be a pundit or influencer about anything? Sheesh.

[iluvtennis]

49. Good stuff. n/t

[The Unmitigated Gall]

52. Good. Fuck her.

Turns out the rest of the democratic world doesn’t like fascist fuckwipes.