Police are investigating and politicians have issued condemnations after Independent Victorian MP Catherine Cumming gave a speech seemingly calling for Premier Daniel Andrews to be attacked. 9News
"To make Daniel Andrews turn into red mist.""Give anyone here in the army a job to blow someone up and they will."Victoria Police confirmed to 9News.com.au they are investigating comments made at the rally."Police will investigate following a report of inciteful behaviour during a speech at a rally outside Flinders Street Station on 19 November," a spokesperson said.
Angry Victorians Party also issued a statement, with Cumming saying: "I can understand how some may have arrived at this interpretation, but I want to make it explicitly clear that I do not wish or call for any physical harm to come to Daniel Andrews.
"She'll have to be accountable," he said of the police investigation, in a video posted to Instagram on Saturday.In a separate and since-deleted Instagram video, still being shared on Twitter, Russell tried to diffuse the situation, saying: "A lot of people are angry, a lot of people are emotive, but we definitely need to bring it down a notch".
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