MP Andrew Gee praises himself as ‘the good guy’ in Facebook fail

A spokesman for Andrew Gee said the post was made without his knowledge by a ‘new and inexperienced member of the campaign team’ who had access to the MP’s social media account. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Andrew Gee, an independent MP for Calare in New South Wales, has been caught doing an “Angus Taylor” by replying to a Facebook post from his own account.

Gee posted a statement on Facebook on Friday accusing the Nationals of engaging in “dirty tactics” on day one of the election, claiming they had called an elderly constituent and spread “blatant lies about who I was going to preference in this election”.