From David Cunliffe’s Facebook page:

Whangarei meeting was great – over 60 locals and three fine candidates from the North: Kelvin Davis, Lynette Stewart an Pat Newman
Northland has had National MPs for decades and has nothing but the worse autistics in the country to show for it. This team will wake up the North, before it is too late.

A bit harsh on autistic people, I thought. And the National Party. People will blame autism on all sorts of things, but the National Party?

Luckily for Cunliffe his post was followed up by this:

Statistics not autistics in previous comment. Will scrap the auto text on my phone!!!

Nevertheless, I await the headline on Kiwiblog tomorrow: Loony Labour Finance Spokesperson Blames Autism on the Nats!