In a lengthy statement to the Daily Mail on Monday, Australia’s richest person broke her silence following the Coalition’s wipeout on Saturday night.

“The left media did a very successful effort, frightening many in the Liberal party from anything Trump, and away from any Trump-like policies” she wrote. Referencing a trip to the US before last November’s election, Rinehart said she had met with former Democrat voters who had since turned Republican.

“Why are Americans getting it, and we aren’t?” Rinehart said.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/05/gina-rinehart-liberal-party-trump-australia-election-ntwnfb

Her full statement:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14678127/Gina-Rinehart-warning-federal-election-result.html

  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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    Trump lost the popular vote. Three times in a row. More people voted for Kamala or a third party than voted for trump in the last election. The majority agreed they did not want trump, they just didn’t agree on who they wanted instead so he won the consolation award presidency. Further, Trump beat Democrats by one of the narrowest margins in history. So I’m just not seeing how they were beaten badly.

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      Well using logic, only 34% percent of Australians voted Labor. The vast majority of Australian’s didnt want Albo as PM ether.

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        The logic checks out… Thanks for the double check.

        Edit: I was using percentage of voters. Just making sure you’re using percentage of voters and not percentage of population