Labor MP slammed for comparing Liberal MPs to Nazi

A Labor MP has been slammed for comparing Liberal politicians to Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering.

Paul Edbrooke, State Member for Frankston, Melbourne, posted Goering’s photo along with a quote on Twitter on Friday night.

Captioned: ‘Just sayin’,’ the tweet appears to have been a response to Liberal MPs’ criticism of the government over the city’s African gang crime wave.

Paul Edbrooke, State Member for Frankston, Melbourne, posted Goering’s (pictured) photo along with a quote on Twitter on Friday night

Captioned: ‘Just sayin’,’ the tweet (pictured) appears to have been a response to Liberal MPs’ criticism of the government over the city’s African gang crime wave

‘The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders … tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger,’ the quote read.

Mr Edbrooke was soon under fire from Liberal MPs Tim Smith and Chris Crewther, and from the Anti-Defamation Commission. 

Mr Smith said Mr Edbrooke should be ashamed of himself for quoting a Nazi in a law and order debate, The Herald Sun reported.

Mr Edbrooke was soon under fire from Liberal MPs Tim Smith and Chris Crewther, and from the Anti-Defamation Commission

Mr Crewther was equally scathing, writing: ‘Frankston Labor MP [Paul Edbrooke] comparing Liberal Fed Govt and State Opp to Nazis. Shocking.’

‘He’s been to Israel so he knows just how deeply offensive, provocative and simply grubby it is to use a quote from a Nazi war criminal in a domestic Australian debate regarding African youth crime gangs,’ he said.

‘So on the first Shabbat for 2018 this despicable foul mouth grub who is the member for Frankston quotes Nazi war criminal Herman Goering,'[sic] he wrote on Twitter.

‘The gutless foul mouth grub [Paul Edbrooke] has taken down his despicable tweet quoting Herman Goering but here it is forever,'[sic] he tweeted a short time later.

Mr Crewther was equally scathing, writing: ‘Frankston Labor MP [Paul Edbrooke] comparing Liberal Fed Govt and State Opp to Nazis. Shocking.’

Mr Edbrooke (pictured), who has since deleted the tweet, admitted he should not have tweeted the image

Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich called the tweet insensitive and insulting to the victims of the Nazis.

‘There is no comparison between Hermann Goering’s evil tactics … and the Turnbull government or the Victorian Opposition,’ he said.

Mr Edbrooke, who has since deleted the tweet, admitted he should not have tweeted the image.

‘I apologise to all people who have been offended,’ he said.

Victoria’s Labor government has been attacked in recent days by opposition MPs and the Federal Government over rampant African gang crime in Melbourne. 

Goering, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command, committed suicide after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials.

Daily Mail Australia contacted Mr Edbrooke for comment. 

Goering (pictured), Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command, committed suicide after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials