Teena McQueen ‘spits in the face’ of Liberals by hailing defeat of ‘lefties’, Tim Wilson says

Fellow moderate Simon Birmingham calls on the party vice-president to resign as anger mounts over her comments at CPAC

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Liberal moderates have turned on the party's vice-president, Teena McQueen, with some insisting she resign after she said members should rejoice" that lefties" in the party had lost their seats at the last federal election.

The federal party's leading moderate, Simon Birmingham, called on McQueen to step down.

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