Cook says ‘you’ve got to have one unprofessional moment’ as description wins applause at pre-election event
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The Western Australian premier, Roger Cook, has called the US vice-president, JD Vance, a “knob”, wading into US politics at a pre-election event in Perth.
At the West Australian’s Leadership Matters event on Tuesday morning, at which Cook was the guest speaker, a journalist asked the premier to finish the sentence: “JD Vance is a …” Cook replied: “Knob.”
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