Sharri Markson set the tone of her interview early, asking Katherine Deves 'what on earth' made her think she was the best person to replace the 'highly respected and much loved' Jim Molan.
The controversial former Liberal candidate for Warringah was on the end of a grilling by Sky News Australia’s Sharri Markson, following Ms Deves’s decision to nominate for the position.
"What on earth makes you think you would be the best person to replace the highly respected and much-loved senator Jim Molan?” “With respect to what I think I could bring to the table, well I am a strong conservative woman… I can demonstrate, to the people that I would represent that I would go in there fighting.
Ms Deves also said she was “very grateful to the Jewish community” for inviting her to visit the Sydney Holocaust Museum which she described as “an incredibly moving and memorable experience.” “It’s something Jim Molan would never have had to do. Yes he believed in free speech but he didn’t offend the community so deeply, as you have done,” Markson said.
“I’m not excusing it, but I have learned that it was absolutely the wrong thing to do and I showed contrition and I apologized.”
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