'I'm sick of it': Pauline Hanson's tearful interview after Steve Dickson scandal
Pauline Hanson has given an emotional interview after the resignation of One Nation candidate Steve Dickson over a video of his visit to a US strip club.
The One Nation leader was brought to tears during an interview with Tracy Grimshaw on Tuesday night, telling the A Current Affair host she had been “let down” while working hard for Australia for 23 years.
Mr Dickson resigned after the Nine Network program broadcast secret footage on Monday night of Mr Dickson’s behaviour at a strip club in the US where he made lewd and disparaging comments about the dancers.
“What is on the vision I will not justify because I am disgusted by it,” Senator Hanson said.
“I just feel I keep getting kicked in the guts, time and time again. And it all happens right before an election.”
She said she was let down by the behaviour of her former right-hand man, exhibited in the footage secretly recorded by Qatari-owned Al Jazeera during its investigation of Mr Dickson and James Ashby seeking donations from US gun lobby groups in Washington DC in September 2018.
Ms Hanson added she had also been let “down dreadfully” by a string of other former associates including Fraser Anning, Brian Burston and David Oldfield.
The tearful Senator said she continued her political career despite the scandal and disappointment because she believed in “making a change for the people”.
“I see farmers forced off their lands, kids with no hope for the future. And people are hoping and praying that I’m going to be the voice for them. And I cop all this s**t and I’m sick of it,” she said.
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