‘OK, boomer’ New Zealand MP hits out at parliament age gap
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16 November 2019 |
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With the quickfire putdown "OK, boomer", a 25-year-old New Zealand politician dismissed a heckler during a speech about climate change -- highlighting the generation gap between herself and other MPs in a clip that has gone viral.
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