The Tenacious D saga continues with yet another chapter. This time, the story includes an Australian politician calling for the deportation of the band.
Australian Sen. Ralph Babet, who resides in the United Australia Party, released a statement calling on the deportation of the band Tenacious D, which includes band leaders Jack Black and Kyle Gass. The call came after Gass made a birthday wish during a concert in Sydney where he wished for an assassin to not miss former President Donald Trump should there be an attempt again.
“Don’t miss Trump next time,” Gass said before blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.
Gass has since apologized profusely for his comment, and Black condemned his bandmate’s wish saying he was “blindsided” by the statement.
As for Babet’s call for deportation of the band, he called Gass’ comment “egregious, disgusting, filthy, evil and not acceptable in any way, shape or form.”
“Anything less than deportation is an endorsement of the shooting and attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump, the 45th and soon-to-be 47th President of the United States,” Babet said.
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The senator continued explaining his rationale in calling for Tenacious D’s deportation, citing the double standard applied to tennis legend Novak Djokovic during the pandemic.
“Australia wrongly locked up Novak Djokovic and deported him because he allegedly undermined public trust in vaccination,” Babet said, concluding the media release. “Allowing Tenacious D to remain in Australia after calling for the death of a President in unthinkable, and it affirms the weakness of our current Prime Minister [Anthony Albanese].”
While Gass said that he made a “mistake” in his apology that was posted to Instagram, Babet says that Gass was “deadly serious when he wished for the death of the President.”
There is no place in Australia for those who wish for the assassination of others. pic.twitter.com/wuvgQxeeDS
— Senator Babet (@senatorbabet) July 16, 2024
I’m all for free speech, unless it’s a call to action in terms of harming someone, but is Gass’ comment worthy of deportation from a country? Maybe. Maybe not.
That’s why I leave something like this up to you, the reader.
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