Ferris doubled down on his racism

The Herald reports:

Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris has doubled down on social media comments he made last week which led to “racist” allegations and an apology from his party.

In a new Instagram video, Ferris said it is “unacceptable” for people of other ethnicities to campaign to “take a Māori seat from the Māori people” and accused Labour of “erasing Māori”.

What is fascinating, apart from the racism, is that Ferris is effectively saying that Maori candidates who do not stand for Te Pati Maori are not real Maori. The Labour activists were supporting Peeni Henare to win the seat, and Peeni is of course Maori.

I remind people that every poll since the last election has shown that the only way Labour could form a Government is with the support of Te Pati Maori. And things are so bad in TPM they are demoting one MP, while another goes rogue.