The 2022 Australian election campaign has already been a wild ride, but now we have a hilarious new event to add to the scrapbook — the moment that Prime Minister Scott Morrison "accidentally" rugby-tackles a child on a soccer pitch.
The PM just accidentally bowled over a kid while playing soccer in Tassie. @9NewsAUS
Honestly, the most cringeworthy part of this whole debacle is the one-sided bear hug that ScoMo gives to the poor kid.
To channel my inner Helen Lovejoy: Won't somebody please think of the children?
The incident occurred in Devonport, Tasmania, where Scott Morrison was evidently attempting to seem ~hip and cool~ to Australia's youth.
Of course, Australians wasted no time absolutely rinsing the PM for his actions, so we've collated the funniest tweets and memes to give you a laugh.
And, god willing, maybe a moment's silence from the "Hole in your budget" jingle that's been stuck in your head for 24 hours.
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Picturing Scomo’s campaign manager explaining to him before today “hey this one’s pretty straight forward just don’t spear tackle a kid or anything stupid like that.” #auspol
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After his brutal rugby tackle on a small school boy yesterday,ScoMo told media concerned about resultant injuries;”No Im just fine,I’m currently having some scans to see if my world renown empathy has been affected,but all signs are I’m going to make a complete recovery!”
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Kids further traumatised after ScoMo takes entire team to Maccas
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When you can’t tackle the country’s issues, tackle a kid instead. 😂🙃🥲 #scomo https://t.co/E8vZ5RhNut
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ScoMo tackling a kid with NRL commentary. #NRL #AusPol
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Young Billy Ronaldo from the Devonport Strikers tells Prime Minister Scott Morrison that he 'sleeps with the lights on, in a bunk bed' in an earlier contest. ScoMo yielded Matthew Lloyd's call to 'cannon into him', because 'nobody speaks to ScoMo like that'.
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Ok kids, who else wants to be tackled by Scomo? #auspol
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Scomo toughening him up for his forklift job
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Scomo asks Jenny if bowling over a kid was bad
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@ElizaEdNews @9NewsAUS He’s a pilot, he’s a pastry chef, he’s a welder, he’s a hairdresser, he’s a male model and a seamstress!! Now he’s an under ten rugby player!! FFS!!
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Yeah ok scomo decked a kid. But what about him grabbing the poor fucker in a bear hug right after
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Hahahaha the channel 7 news promo just played the scomo tackle three times in a row, from different angles lmfao 😭😭😭
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What a day. Anthony smashed NPC and Morrison smashed into a kid.
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If only the PM had shown such determination to tackle the cost of living and housing crises as he does an 8 yo kid. #auspol #ausvotes https://t.co/l2xIr7hDI7
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@ElizaEdNews @9NewsAUS
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@ElizaEdNews @9NewsAUS
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@ElizaEdNews @9NewsAUS What vision and prowess. Visual representation of his handling of pretty much every issue that’s come up in the last three years. The ball being the issues and him being totally off the mark. 🤦🏼♀️
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Kid was wearing a Ronaldo jersey. ScoMo really going for that pro-Messi vote.
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#ScottytheFailure #AlboForPM #FireTheLiarFromTheShire #FireTheLiar
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So Scott doesn’t like trans women playing sport but it’s okay for him to flatten a kid one fifth his size ?
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Such a metaphor: bumbling, oafish, hurts kids. A turtle on it's back. It just writes itself. #auspol #FireTheLiar https://t.co/yBiG1yuTVl
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This kid just scored the perfect “2 truths and a lie” + “tell a fun fact about yourself” for the rest of his life https://t.co/3YPVCAkbJJ
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I mean if ever there was a visual representation for the LNP’s climate policy…
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120 years ago morrison tackling that kid would have killed him instantly, but thanks to fortifying seed oils and microplastics and a lack of exposure to the written word, the average tasmanian child is more robust than ever
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just get so sad thinking about how that kid that ScoMo hit will never grow up and use their super to pay for 6% of a house deposit 😩
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What a perfect visual representation of this man’s relationship with Australia. Knocks you over because he’s not even aware you exist, then rolls around beaming like he saved you. https://t.co/OHDNAo2Lrw
27. And finally:
Absolutely schooled some kids at soccer training this afternoon. Still got it.