clive palmer has been slammed by social media users after publicly urging prime minister tony abbott to commit suicide during a press conference at parliament house, the outspoken crossbench mp was commenting on mr abbott's claim that mr palmer was preventing his senators voting in favour of the government's higher education overhaul 'there’s a million students going to tertiary education in this country, there’s a million more that’s about to go, and a million more that’s just left, they’ve all got parents,' mr palmer told reporters 'so commit suicide tony abbott, you know,' the palmer united party leader said, as he chuckled clive palmer has been slammed after publicly urging prime minister tony abbott to commit suicide  mr palmer tweeted an apology soon after his comments were broadcast, to set the record straight  when challenged as to whether the comment was a respectable point to make, mr palmer said that it was not a debate and clarified that he had meant 'political' suicide 'it's suicide, political suicide to go against the will of what's good for the australian people,' he said his comments have garnered criticism on social media, with twitter users labelling the statement flippant, horrific, appalling and sickening 'i'm stunned an elected official, paid by taxpayers, thinks it's ok to invite the pm to kill himself,' tweeted one social media user 'such an idiot watch your words clive,' said another one twitter user suggested renaming the mp 'facepalmer', another tweeted that 'regardless of intent, it's an absurd statement' 'so commit suicide tony abbott, you know,' the palmer united party leader said, as he chuckled  the mp was commenting on mr abbott's claim that mr palmer was preventing his senators voting in favour of the government's higher education overhaul  mr abbott has not commented on mr palmer's statement  mr palmer tweeted an apology soon after his comments were broadcast, to set the record straight 'today i inadvertently used the term suicide in regard to tony abbott when i meant political suicide i apologise for any offence caused,' mr palmer wrote one twitter user backed the mp, urging social media users to 'calm down' as mr palmer intended the comments to refer to political suicide mr palmer has made light of mental health issues in public comments before, including an incident in 2013 when he told queensland premier campell newman to 'take his medication and calm down' the pup leader referred to mr newman as 'a nice little fellow with a bipolar condition (who) sometimes doesn't take his medication' readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact lifeline on 13 11 14 or the suicide call back service on 1300 659 467 his comments have garnered criticism on social media, with twitter users labelling the statement flippant  mr palmer's statement attracted a flurry of comments, with many calling his comments appalling  some social media users found the humourous side the of situation and made light of his comments  'today i inadvertently used the term suicide in regard to tony abbott when i meant political suicide i apologise for any offence caused,' mr palmer wrote  mr palmer  told queensland premier campell newman to 'take his medication and calm down' in 2013 
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palmer united party leader clive palmer told mr abbott to commit suicide  the mp was referring to the pm's claim he was influencing crossbenchers  he was challenged as to whether this was an appropriate comment to make  the pup leader clarified that he meant committing 'political' suicide  mr palmer has since apologised on twitter and said he meant no offense 