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Liberal MP Bernie Finn speaks out ahead of vote to expel him from the party

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Liberal MP Bernie Finn has taken shots at colleagues on the eve of a vote to expel him from Victoria's parliamentary Liberal party.

The anti-abortion MP tripled down on his long-held views calling for the Coalition to mimic Trump's assault on middle America, in the lead up to November's state election.

"I have been accused on this charge sheet of attacking the party. I have never done that," Finn said.

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Liberal MP Bernie Finn has taken shots at colleagues on the eve of a vote to expel him from Victoria's parliamentary Liberal party. Nine

"If you're going to hang me, hang me for the right crime."

Similar to Victoria's opposition leader Matthew Guy, the 61-year-old voted against legalising abortion in 2008.

Guy said the expulsion was about Finn's behaviour, not beliefs.

Leading the anti-abortion March for Babies rally, Finn attracted backlash after he insisted pregnancies that were the result of rape should not be terminated.

"Kill the rapist, don't kill the baby. It's not the baby's fault," Finn said.

"It's not the mother's fault, it's not the baby's fault, it is the rapist's fault."

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Finn will not attend tomorrow's party room vote, insisting he would be pre-selected and win again as a Liberal, if he chose to run.

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MP Bernie Finn will not attend tomorrow's party room vote.  Nine

"They want to cut my throat and throw me into the street because if we got to pre-selection, they know they just can't do it any other way," he said.

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With the Liberal vote torn to shreds this weekend by independents and Labor, Finn and Guy have different ideas about who they represent.

"Victorians are saying they want change, in one form or another," Guy said.

Finn however didn't agree.

"I'd forget these people, the elites of the inner city, that's over, that's over," he said.

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"We have to aim our charge specifically at the great mass of people in suburbia who are really struggling.

"If you don't believe me, just have a look at what Donald Trump did."

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