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BumRushDaShow

(142,392 posts)
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 07:13 AM Oct 27

Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens

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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Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 27 OP
... and no private dinner. calimary Oct 27 #1
They can all eat crow! displacedvermoter Oct 27 #2
I'd say that they can all eat shit. Orrex Oct 27 #10
That as well! displacedvermoter Oct 27 #11
As my friend says... BobTheSubgenius Oct 27 #23
Other countries have laws against hate speech gab13by13 Oct 27 #3
You must really suck if people thousands of miles away never met you and already hate your guts padah513 Oct 27 #4
Canada is much, much closer than Oz, so maybe it made the decision easier, but... BobTheSubgenius Oct 27 #24
Las Vegas police decided that sexual assault accusations against a rapper were SO bogus Rocknation Oct 27 #48
I am such an old fogey now that I have zero interest in... BobTheSubgenius Oct 28 #50
Good for Australia. sinkingfeeling Oct 27 #5
"Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else." Mysterian Oct 27 #6
That applies to The USA, also. k55f5r Oct 27 #33
Now THAT'S a knife!! Seinan Sensei Oct 27 #47
Ha ha! masmdu Oct 27 #7
Good onya, Oz! 🐨 🦘 Tanuki Oct 27 #8
What do you think we are? A trash can? BOSSHOG Oct 27 #9
OMG ReRe Oct 27 #44
I'm no fan of Owens but I'll bet they're letting the white ones in wolfie001 Oct 27 #12
They did do it to another douchebag BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #14
A friend of mine who is Black. . . Collimator Oct 27 #22
Australia has its issues. Elessar Zappa Oct 27 #30
Thanks for that wolfie001 Oct 27 #37
Sadly true ReRe Oct 27 #45
FAAFO ybbor Oct 27 #13
It would be schadenfreudelicious Icanthinkformyself Oct 27 #15
Can we use the same reason to deny her entry back in the US? I know, it's a silly question. nt Hotler Oct 27 #16
Could this be a new reality show... Prof. Toru Tanaka Oct 27 #17
Smart republianmushroom Oct 27 #18
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 AZLD4Candidate Oct 27 #19
Looking forward to her whining IzzaNuDay Oct 27 #27
Good greatbaldeagle Oct 27 #20
Both of them are an invasive species tonekat Oct 27 #28
That is an accurate way to frame this. Envirogal Oct 27 #32
Burn! sarchasm Oct 27 #21
Am I off base here, or can I express some surprise? BobTheSubgenius Oct 27 #25
Remember BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #31
Sadly, I do. BobTheSubgenius Oct 28 #51
Hahahahahahaha. The crap she spews doesn't travel. brush Oct 27 #26
On the upside, people remember that Candace Owen exists underpants Oct 27 #29
Good for you Australia. You're saved from the Bullshit tour. mdbl Oct 27 #34
Who is Candace Owens? LiberalFighter Oct 27 #35
She's been a Faux host/contributor BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #36
No visa for Candace mamajudi Oct 27 #38
A universal truth: "[Every nation's] national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else." Hermit-The-Prog Oct 27 #39
FYI Australia is lucky Gregory1230 Oct 27 #40
Australia is smart 4catsmom Oct 27 #41
"Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay, fine" struggle4progress Oct 27 #42
I predict drmeow Oct 27 #43
Oh boo-hoo, Candace moose65 Oct 27 #46
Good stuff. n/t iluvtennis Oct 27 #49
Good. Fuck her. The Unmitigated Gall Oct 28 #52

gab13by13

(25,267 posts)
3. Other countries have laws against hate speech
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 07:29 AM
Oct 27

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.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,789 posts)
24. Canada is much, much closer than Oz, so maybe it made the decision easier, but...
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:24 AM
Oct 27

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

Rocknation

(44,883 posts)
48. Las Vegas police decided that sexual assault accusations against a rapper were SO bogus
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 08:00 PM
Oct 27

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

(11,789 posts)
50. I am such an old fogey now that I have zero interest in...
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 11:26 AM
Oct 28

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

Thanks for the update, though.

wolfie001

(3,646 posts)
12. I'm no fan of Owens but I'll bet they're letting the white ones in
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 09:25 AM
Oct 27

Australia likes to culture-wash its image.

Collimator

(1,874 posts)
22. A friend of mine who is Black. . .
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:12 AM
Oct 27

. . . 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

(15,913 posts)
30. Australia has its issues.
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:46 AM
Oct 27

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

Icanthinkformyself

(293 posts)
15. It would be schadenfreudelicious
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 09:46 AM
Oct 27

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

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,294 posts)
17. Could this be a new reality show...
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 10:06 AM
Oct 27

“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.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,285 posts)
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
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 10:22 AM
Oct 27

to enter.

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

IzzaNuDay

(603 posts)
27. Looking forward to her whining
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:35 AM
Oct 27

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

greatbaldeagle

(160 posts)
20. Good
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 10:40 AM
Oct 27

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.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,789 posts)
25. Am I off base here, or can I express some surprise?
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:26 AM
Oct 27

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

BumRushDaShow

(142,392 posts)
31. Remember
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:46 AM
Oct 27

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!

underpants

(186,671 posts)
29. On the upside, people remember that Candace Owen exists
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 11:44 AM
Oct 27

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.

BumRushDaShow

(142,392 posts)
36. She's been a Faux host/contributor
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 02:26 PM
Oct 27

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

(48 posts)
38. No visa for Candace
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 03:31 PM
Oct 27

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.

Gregory1230

(70 posts)
40. FYI Australia is lucky
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 03:59 PM
Oct 27

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. 👍

moose65

(3,313 posts)
46. Oh boo-hoo, Candace
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 05:27 PM
Oct 27

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.

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