NZ Young Nats slammed for 'racist' tweet

The Young Nats posted the meme on Friday afternoon. Photo / Twitter

NZ Young Nats, a verified Twitter account associated with the New Zealand National Party, tweeted a meme that compared Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to Oprah Winfrey - and it didn't take long for the meme to be shut down.

On Friday afternoon, the account posted Ardern's face photoshopped on Oprah Winfrey's body in a photo from the iconic TV moment when Oprah announced everyone in the audience was getting a car.

Under the image, they wrote: "Every island gets more money".

Hey @hoskingonzb we made you Oprah of the islands! pic.twitter.com/gs9x04Ml2i

— NZ Young Nats (@nzyoungnats) March 9, 2018

Twitter users accused the NZ Young Nats of being "racist" and reminded them that Tonga donated around $600,000 to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Fund.

Young Nats: we're not like the other Nats, we're kinda liberal.
also Young Nats: foreign aid to less fortunate countries ravaged by natural disasters bad, Mike Hosking good.

— Bennett (@bennettLmorgan) March 9, 2018

Wow, Young Nats going full alt-right here. Surely @simonjbridges doesn't support this. https://t.co/I4gtMshHCH

— Neale Jones (@nealejones) March 9, 2018

mixed messages too on one hand they saying we'll have less money on the other that we'll have more. Nats never been good at economics...or memes

— WhakarauJK ⭕ (@ArrestJK) March 9, 2018

We've had a fair bit of productivity out of those islands over the years. Not to mention high-scoring rugby games.

— Jenny Whyte (@tommygun1964) March 9, 2018

OK guys, we all know you want to say "brown person", just say it...

— SnarkyMcSnark (@snarky_mk) March 9, 2018