Watch This Australian Politician Deliver a Bizarre Rant on Gay Marriage and Killer Crocodiles

We don’t know exactly what this is. Or why this is. We just know it needs to be watched.

In comments to reporters on Sunday, Bob Katter — an Austrailian Parliament member — addressed the topic of gay marriage. It’s a subject which apparently ranks pretty low on Katter’s priority list.

And it ranks very low when compared to, say, killer crocodiles.

The politican’s remarks began smoothly enough, as he tried to adopt a posture of ambivalence.

“I mean, you know, people are entitled to their sexual proclivities,” Katter said, with a chuckle. “Let there a thousand blossoms blooming.”

Then, in the blink of an eye, Katter’s mood turned dark — and he executed one of the clumsiest segues in television history.

“But I ain’t spending any time on it, because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland.”

The transition was just absolutely priceless. On a dime, Katter went from affable and amiable in appearance to sullen and angry.

According to The Telegraph, Katter has been a longtime gay marriage opponent. But last Wednesday in a non-binding vote, Australians supported gay marriage at the ballot box by a whopping 24-point margin. So Katter, here, was clearly reeling from a resounding political setback. That doesn’t explain why he chose killer crocodiles as the main issue to zero in on, rather than gay marriage.

Nonetheless, watch the wild clip above, via the Australian Broadcasting Company.

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