On Saturday afternoon, as Senator Fraser Anning addressed the media in Moorabbin, Victoria, a 17-year-old boy smashed an egg over his head.

The 69-year-old Queensland senator responded by turning around and punching the boy not once, but twice. The teenager was then tackled to the ground by other men.

Watch the footage below:

We don’t believe with superman or batman , but we believe with eggman ????‍♂️???????????? #Eggboy

pic.twitter.com/Te3qfrqxqX

— س. (@alharthk) March 16, 2019

Here’s a video of Anning getting egged – the kid walked right up, got his phone out, started recording, and calmly cracked the egg on Fraser’s head pic.twitter.com/KhC07yPhjy

— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) March 16, 2019

The teenager’s act was in response to a viral statement released by the Senator following the Christchurch terrorist attack on Friday, which insinuated that Muslim immigration was responsible for the death of 50 innocent people.

“The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place,” Anning wrote. “Let us be clear, while Muslims may have been the victims today, usually they are the perpetrators.”

It was a statement that stirred outrage from other politicians, being called “contemptible” by Malcolm Turnbull and “disgusting” by PM Scott Morrison, as well as being condemned by journalists such as Waleed Aly.

“You’ll have to forgive me, these won’t be my best words…”

On this heartbreaking day, Waleed reflects and calls for unity. #TheProjectTV pic.twitter.com/mIOI0eGamb

— The Project (@theprojecttv) March 15, 2019

But while some respond with words, sometimes it takes actions to capture the hearts of the nation.

Dubbed “Egg Boy” by the internet, Will Connolly has done exactly that.

Following his viral egging, Connolly has accrued 223k followers on Instagram, and is being labelled a national hero.

Responding to the tackling, the 17-year-old has released a statement on Snapchat, warning others to avoid egging politicians.

“Don’t egg politicians you get tackled by 30 bogans at the same time I learnt the hard way, f*ck” he said in the video.

Egg boy on the egging: pic.twitter.com/bZMFFg6jA0

— Rashida Yosufzai (@Rashidajourno) March 16, 2019

Twitter has celebrated the young man in the only way they know how: MEMES.

you are the egg teen young and sweet only seventeen

— Travis Cook (@officialtravis) March 16, 2019

Appreciation #eggboy pic.twitter.com/vg1WJR6MdB

— SuFii.. (@iSofyaanRajput) March 16, 2019

Egg Prince looks after us all pic.twitter.com/ij7nuFWBHg

— PCC | ????➡️Madfest (@PiltoverCC) March 16, 2019

5 stars #eggboy pic.twitter.com/bQg6ZoopTY

— Michelle Law ???? (@ms_michellelaw) March 16, 2019

[tune of jolene] egg teen, egg teen, egg teen, egggg teeeen i’m begging u to keep egging bad men

— jeremy poxon (@JeremyPoxon) March 16, 2019

In addition to the memes, there is a GoFundMe to support the young man’s legal fees and to help him buy more eggs, which has raised over $20,000.

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