Don't ask senator Malcolm Roberts to use the "C-word".
You may say it. You may think it. You may even assign it to his "facts".
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Press conference turns pear shaped
Watch One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts storm out of his own press conference after questions were asked about his colleague Rod Culleton.
But he will not.
Not even at a press conference on Monday, which started badly and ended worse when One Nation adviser James Ashby shouted at the media when the senator was pressed on the future of embattled colleague Rod Culleton, who was, at that moment, comparing himself to Muhammad Ali.
Not even as he declared he respected "the Jews" when questioned over whether he thought international bankers were pushing for global control through environmentalism, and his appearance on the anti-Semitic website "Jew World Order" to discuss climate theories. He denied ever linking religion to banks.
"I respect and admire the Jews," he said.
Not even as he listed claims most often found on websites using '90s typefaces and MS Paint to make their points, while flanked by a widely-debunked birther, who used a pseudonym to attack NASA's climate science, and a retired geography professor who believes "The Club of Rome" think-tank is to blame for helping to promote the "greatest deception in history".
"I have never used the word 'conspiracy' - the people who are using the word 'conspiracy' are people like you and it is quite often used to denigrate, because the facts are clear," he said.
"This is a trillion-dollar industry we are facing down, my friend, a trillion-dollar industry.
"The major banks, themselves, have raised that very fact. And by the way, the chief executive of the CSIRO up until 2014 was on the advisory board of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Rothschild Australia Bank and they, and they, have said that they will be seeking to be making trillions of dollars' profit from this scam on carbon dioxide trading certificates.
"Al Gore, his company, was one of the members of the Chicago climate exchange. Maurice Strong, the criminal who died overseas in China, he was a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange. Goldman Sachs was a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Barack Obama through the Joyce foundation has connections with that.
"These are facts. You want to use the C-word, you go right for it."
These are facts. You want to use the C-word, you go right for it
Like a frenzied evangelical preacher at an exorcism, convinced the power of "lack of empirical evidence" will compel you, Senator Roberts seized his moment in the spotlight.
He was unable to hide his glee as the cameras moved closer, even as he hunted for a glass of water he placed his CSIRO investigation report over, obscuring it from view.
He had to ask a staffer to point him in the direction of the water glass, hidden as it was on the table to his side, right under the report.
Because Senator Roberts only sees what he wants to see. The cameras. The "experts" he believes lend credence to his arguments. The comments from supporters he believes are indicative of the majority of Australians. And most of all, that he has finally been given the platform which shows he was right all along.
It was there in the flash of a smile as the cameras clicked. And it was there as he packed up and left the press conference abruptly when the questions didn't go his way.
Senator Roberts may not want to use the "C-word" as it pertains to his "facts", but he is more than happy to weld another from his position on the crossbench in a delicate Senate.
Control. He thinks he has it. And that may be the most dangerous belief of all.
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