One Tweet to bind them all.
The weekly Gold Kenny has been awarded by Mike Carlton to Cory Bernardi for his outstanding fundraising abilities.
But there can only be one winner. For this truly spectacular own goal, it's Cory 'The Tory' Bernardi ! #goldkenny pic.twitter.com/DIRyk6rRRm
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 22, 2017
Cory Bernardi [seen here in this intriguing pic with an unidentified male friend] is our Right Wing Fuckwit of the Week ! #goldkenny pic.twitter.com/x9qJCvlQlv
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 22, 2017
Earlier this week, Senator Bernardi took to Twitter to condemn South Australian primary school Craigburn for a fundraiser. He accused the school of ‘gender morphing’ after it joined the Do It In A Dress campaign to generate money to support the education of girls around the world through students wearing a dress for a day.
One school in SA now has 'wear a dress day'. This gender morphing is really getting absurd #auspolhttps://t.co/399EoSQxYz
— Cory Bernardi (@corybernardi) September 20, 2017
From its website, the Do It In A Dress movement hopes to draw attention to the 60 million girls around the world who are denied an education. The students from Craigburn had come across this campaign and wanted to contribute.
On the back of Senator Bernardi’s Tweet, Josh Thomas pledged $2,000.
Over $200000! 684 girls educated. This has been FUN. pic.twitter.com/CBVdbWafs5
— Josh Thomas ???? (@JoshThomas87) September 22, 2017
Initially, Senator Bernardi seemed a little annoyed at the boost his tweet had given the campaign.
How refreshing, a journalist writing a news story without the ideological blinkers. @mjowen https://t.co/KBaU6EEq1S
— Cory Bernardi (@corybernardi) September 21, 2017
However, by Friday afternoon he was chilling with a beer and celebrating.
After a successful week of fundraising and politics, it's time for a cold beer on a beautiful day. #auspol pic.twitter.com/nIS4zvAyka
— Cory Bernardi (@corybernardi) September 22, 2017
The initial goal of Craigburn Primary was to reach $900. At the time of publishing, the donations had reached $221,400. The total worldwide amount for Do It In A Dress had hit $407,299, enough to education 1,357 girls.
Other contenders for the Gold Kenny this week
Rowan Dean, 'The Talking Muffin', fired off this fabulously demented rant on The Prince of Orange at the UN. #goldkenny https://t.co/o7My48CKoK
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 22, 2017
Parliamentary pensioner Mark Latham impressed with this Trifecta on the Romper Stomper Gay Left Horror #goldkenny pic.twitter.com/boZPqX3vVC
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 22, 2017
Our judges were awe-struck by Malcolm 'Ten Pound Pom' Roberts in his stunning show before the High Court #goldkenny pic.twitter.com/oxZaBuKwPG
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 22, 2017
Last week’s winner
Congratulations to the Dutch Dickhead ! A wonderful winner of the coveted #goldkenny for RWFW of the Week ! pic.twitter.com/uP1B4mtS3W
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 15, 2017
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