Scott Morrison Apologises for Posting Video of Question Time Set to Explicit Hip Hop Song

Scott Morrison was slammed on Twitter after he tweeted a video on September 13 depicting members of parliament raising their hands in unison during question time that day, edited to play in sync to the lyrics of Fatman Scoop’s ‘Be Faithful’.The prime minister sent the video with the caption “QT was on fire today, good work team,” alongside a fire emoji. He deleted the tweet several hours later, after he was hit by a wave of online backlash. The video was viewed more than 170,000 times before it was deleted, according to news.com.au.Later parts of the song, which were not included in the snippet used, contain strong sexual references and expletives. The prime minister issued an apology on Twitter.“The full lyrics of the song used in my earlier video from QT today were just not OK. When I found out, I asked the team to take it down. Apologies,” he wrote.Some Twitter users slammed Morrison for being childish and out of touch in his “embarrassing” attempt to connect with young voters, whilst others saw the lighter side and applauded him for his refreshing approach to leadership.A number of people pointed out that manipulating parliamentary broadcasts was banned, particularly if intended for party advertising, satire, or ridicule.South Australian Labor MP Chris Picton responded to the prime minister’s reference to question time “being on fire” with a gif of a dumpster fire. Credit: Scott Morrison via Storyful