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'The good guy!' MP full of praise for himself in social media blunder (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short:

MP Andrew Gee's Facebook account has been caught impersonating a voter heaping praise on the politician but posted by "Andrew Gee MP".

A spokesperson said the comment was made without Mr Gee's knowledge by a new member of his campaign team

What's next:

The staff member is being provided with "care and support" after the incident.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Fantastic. Great move. Well done ~~Angus~~ Andrew.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Must be hard being a junior political staffer. A bit like redshirts in Star Trek, when things go wrong you know who's going to cop it. 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Probably impersonating a member of the public on behalf of an MP should be a crime, not just for the impersonator but also the employer?

How is it not like a fraudulent review, astroturfing etc? Only the thing at stake isn't a piece of shit plastic gadget but democracy