'She is a woman, standing up for women and girls and their access to fair sport in this country,' the Prime Minister said. 9News
Ms Deves has drawn criticism for now-deleted social media posts, which included likening her lobbying to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's sport to standing up against the Holocaust.Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he won't allow Katherine Deves to be silenced amid calls to dump the candidate for the Sydney seat of Warringah.
"That is not how she is proposing to go forward in highlighting the very important issue that she has been a strong campaigner on," he said.Mr Morrison said he would continue to stand with the"I'm not going to allow her to be silenced, I'm not going to allow her to be pushed aside as the pile-on comes in to try and silence her," Mr Morrison said.
"I'll stand up with her, my team is standing up with her, and we will make sure that she won't be silenced."Liberal Party state MP Felicity Wilson said women "need real advocates for our safety and opportunity" in an"Somehow we find ourselves in a situation where national media attention is currently focused on a false ally," Ms Wilson said.
"In my community, I am being asked to vote for someone who is using equality for women as a thin veil to disguise offensive attacks on transgender people – a group of people clamouring for their own safety and opportunity." Ms Wilson is one of several Liberal Party members who have commented on Ms Deve's social media posts.
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