<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/angus-taylor-quits-sussan-ley-leadership-challenge-countdown-begins/ebf401ed-3a38-49b4-9cb3-38af38c8b8b7" rel="" target="_blank" title="Angus Taylor's looming leadership spill"><span>Angus Taylor's looming leadership spill</span></a><span> may see him become the next head of the Liberal Party – but his political ambitions has reminded voters of a blunder he may want to soon forget.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the 2019 </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/federal-election" rel="" target="_blank" title="federal election"><span>federal election</span></a><span>, the Hume MP and then-energy minister was caught red-handed congratulating himself on his own social media post about adding 1000 extra carparks in his electorate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus," he wrote in a Facebook comment, posted from his own Angus Taylor MP profile.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/robodebt-class-action-deadline-looms-march/de7c07ce-a00f-4299-b62d-359a0aee651d" rel="" target="_blank" title="'Scared of that letter': Justin was hit with an illegal $5500 debt"><strong><span>'Scared of that letter': Justin was hit with an illegal $5500 debt</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/tumbler-ridge-shooting-multiple-people-dead-high-school-mass-shooting/17343a45-b3c8-4a65-ad71-7d4d4ee85fd6" target="_blank"><strong><span>Suspect identified as Canada reels from school mass shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The comment was quickly deleted and attributed to a staff error – but it has since became an infamous social media moment in Australian political history.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Commenters and social media users were quick to mock the gaffe and it became a familiar joke in the hallowed halls of parliament.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/angus-taylor-social-media-facebook-post-old-blunder-coming-back-to-haunt-him/bea9a512-565f-4205-a093-49b2dd742536" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-shootings-in-western-sydney-within-one-hour/6c5e6f82-406a-48c3-8a39-1fd2d9f618d6" target="_blank"><strong><span>No link between two drive-by shootings in western Sydney within one hour</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This writer even spotted a mug floating around Canberra's press gallery with a screenshot of Taylor's comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The seven-year-old gaffe has come back to haunt Taylor afer he flagged an intention to challenge Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's leadership at a partyroom meeting tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taylor's latest post on Facebook, Instagram and X have been flooded with the same joke.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hundreds of people are repeating the his 2019 comment, including official accounts from the Young Labor Community Queensland, the NSW Young Labor and UNSW Labor groups.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taylor and his team haven't made any move to delete the rush of comments yet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former opposition defence spokesperson is expected to challenge Ley in a partyroom meeting at 9am tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taylor said in a campaign message shared to social media – the subject of the mocking comments – that the Liberal Party has "lost it's way".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am running to be the leader of the Liberal Party, because I believe Australia is worth fighting for," Taylor said in the video.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank" title=""><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google 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