Luxon

[king1]

While the writer may have misrepresented it, the important point is that Luxon did not take the time to specify exactly WHO he was referring to by using the term, which has allowed various conclusions to be drawn.
I shouldn't think this is the first writer to grab something from a politician & give it their own interpretation & that's made all the easier when politicians aren't specific when using terms like this.

exactly the point I think but personally I wouldn't even go so far as to call it a misrepresentation, that would imply deliberately  stating something as fact that is not.  This is not the case, Luxon left it open, without explaining...  

i would suggest the writer interpreted the statement the way he saw it, and clearly the way many others have as well...


From the party conference in January...
"What we have to demonstrate to the New Zealand people is that we care deeply about them” - a classic Tui advert

“We care deeply about the vulnerable and the poor that are consigned to welfare for the rest of their lives,” Luxon said. “It just can't be that we are the party for the economic stuff.”

I mean seriously, you just can't be using terminology like bottom feeders when you "care deeply about the vulnerable and the poor" and expect to be taken seriously...