Cook says ‘you’ve got to have one unprofessional moment’ as description wins applause at pre-election event

The Western Australian premier, Roger Cook, has apologised after calling the US vice-president, JD Vance, a “knob” 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.”

Cook then said: “You’ve got to have one unprofessional moment, don’t you? That was it.”

His description won him laughs and a round of applause from the audience.

  • @CuddlyCassowaryEnglish
    43•8 hours ago

    We need more of this sort of vibe out there!

        • @[email protected]English
          1•29 minutes ago

          I have never understood why Americans can only do tribal choices never can politics be about policy, never about effective plans, it’s only putting down the other party so yours bob up, and you can never discuss any issues without knowing first what label the other have so you can agree / disagree with exactly everything without even thinking about what they said or if you agree with it