Australian Senator Paul Van has been expelled from his “Liberal Party” caucus (everything’s upside-down there, the “Liberals” are actually right wingers) on Thursday, just a day after Independent Senator Lydia Thorpe loudly accused him, publicly, in session, of sexually harassing and assaulting her – while Van was reading a speech about sexual harassment, the Australian reports.
This clip above is from Wednesday. Thorpe later “withdrew” her words, but only in the procedural, parliamentary sense to avoid sanction for interrupting Van. She later reaffirmed her actual allegation at a press conference, prompting a flood of other accusations against Van, including a former senator in his own party who said Van once groped her in the parliament building.