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Despite growing up only a few kilometres away from the nation’s most iconic and historical Jewish-Australian enclave, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has once again missed the mark in his efforts to secure the Jewish vote in the upcoming Wentworth By-Election.
This follow’s his surprise announcement on Tuesday that Australia may relocate its embassy to Jerusalem. A captain’s call that appears to have divided Wentworth’s Jewish community, and a policy that the Liberal’s own candidate, and former ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma had previously stayed well away from.
Many in the Jewish-Australian community say that, regardless of their support for the idea, it is not lost on them that such a proposal several days out from an Eastern Suburbs by-election is quite patronising – as the Liberal Party chase a sugar hit of support through knee jerk-backflips and on-the-spot policy.
However, with his balls to the wall, Morrison has returned today with a new shtick that is sure to win over the 13% of Jewish voters in the Wentworth electorate.
Situational comedy.
Because if there’s one thing Jewish people love more than being thrown into divisive barbecue conversations about Israel, it’s Jerry Seinfeld and his legacy of awkward but surprisingly layered jokes about every day life. Well, that’s according to Scott Morrison’s 24-year-old Cronulla-based media advisor
“What’s the deal with aeroplane food!?” said the Prime Minister, in a surprise set at Bondi Beach comedy club last night.
“It’s like, normal food, but smaller. It never fills you up!”
Speaking to the media today, Morrison said he feels like his set went pretty well, and he’s just relieved to have found something that he can use to appeal to Jewish people with pork barreling them.
“Uh oh…” he said.
“I mean, that’s the wrong word… Um”
The next 25 minutes of the press conference saw the Prime Minister attempt to dig his way out from the gaffe of saying ‘pork barrel’ – in a hilarious Larry David style monologue.
