Australian MP Bob Katter Turns Question On Same-Sex Marriage Into Bizarre Crocodile Rant

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An Australian MP has linked the countryโ€™s vote on same-sex marriage to crocodile attacks in North Queensland in a transition so unlikely it has to be seen to be believed.

Bob Katter made the remarks on Wednesday after the results of a national survey showed Australians backed the law-change, but the absurdity of his performance for the press didnโ€™t fully resonate until Sunday when it was singled out on the ABCโ€™s Insider programme.

Katter, who is no stranger to controversy, began by seemingly softening his stance on the issue, speaking in short breathless bursts, with a jolly expression.

โ€œI mean, you know, people are entitled to their sexual proclivities, you know, I mean,โ€ he announced, while raising his hands above his head in mock alarm, before continuing: โ€œLet there be a thousand blossoms bloom. As far as Iโ€™m concerned, you know...โ€

Katter then changed gears with his face raging into a storm of contempt...

As he prepared to add a crocodile curve-ball to the equation:

โ€œBut I aint spending any time on it, because in the meantime every three months a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland.โ€โ€

Video of his remarks have since gone viral, with one commentator saying she โ€œlaughed so loudโ€ she โ€œwoke up the dogโ€.

Others tried to unpick the link between same-sex marriage and crocodile attacks, opining that there must be more to Katterโ€™s story.

A Donald Trump comparison was made and an equally confusing phrase was rolled out: โ€œWhat the didgeridoo did he just say?โ€.

A didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians.

Crocodileโ€™s have long been a thorn in Katterโ€™s side and heโ€™s campaigned for the reptile to be culled in northern Queensland where theyโ€™ve killed 11 people since 1985, according to government authorities.

The independent MP is no stranger to making bizarre comments and justifications. In August he made a claim so preposterous it could have come from an Austin Powers script. He accused homosexuals of stealing the word โ€œgayโ€, which he happened to be, very fond of.

He told Sky News at the time, gay, was โ€œthe most beautiful word in the English languageโ€.

In explaining his position, Katter quoted part of Alexander Popeโ€™s 18th Century poem The Rape of the Lock - โ€œBelinda smiled, and all the world was gayโ€ - and said he now felt a โ€œbeautiful imageโ€ had been โ€œtakenโ€.

The previous year Katter rattled his political rivals with a video depicting him killing them.

Katterโ€™s Kennedy electorate was one of 17 that voted against legalising same sex marriage.

Australiaโ€™s other 133 electorates backed it, giving the Yes campaign a nationwide majority of 61.6%.

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