Australian Senator Pauline Hanson has been barred from the nation’s Parliament until 2026 after wearing a burqa and high heels in the upper house chamber as a protest against the Muslim head-to-ankle covering. She has firmly refused to apologize for her actions and desire to “stand up for women.”
The leader of the One Nation Party was accused of being a “racist” on Monday when she strode into the Senate shrouded in the garment to protest fellow senators’ refusal to consider her bill that would ban the burqa and other full-face coverings in public places, as Breitbart News reported.