WATCH: Penny Wong, Female Gay Senator Becomes LGBT ‘Hero’ For Shutting Up Ian Macdonald, Twitter Reacts

Australian Labor Sen. Penny Wong and Liberal National Sen. Ian Macdonald have had their tiffs in the past, often with the latter having the last word in the matter. However, during a Senate Estimates hearing, Wong refused to let her voice go unheard. After being interrupted by Macdonald, Wong stood up to put forward her point. Soon after, she was instructed by the speaker to sit down, following which Wong proceeded to explain why she chose to stand up abruptly.

"Thank you, Mr. President, Senator Macdonald really does have an unhealthy obsession with me, but I digress," Wong said.

As she carried on with her speech, Macdonald made a few more interruptions, which were out of the range of the microphones. Macdonald’s last remark made Wong, who is openly gay, turn around and snap back coolly at the male senator, making the Senate members burst out in laughter. “You’re not my type either mate, don’t worry about it,” Wong said, maintaining eye contact with her rival.

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The video of Wong standing up to Macdonald went viral on social media, Wednesday, with people calling her an LGBT “hero” on Twitter.

One of the Twitter users pointed out that the fact that the incident happened on the Pride Month, making it even more special.

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Another Twitter user praised Wong for standing up to Macdonald who is known to have a history of making rude comments in the parliament.

In September 2015, Macdonald yelled at Labor Sen. Doug Cameron, criticizing him for not knowing how to “speak Australian.” Wong could not let the racist remark slide and demanded that Macdonald apologizes for his insensitive comment. “In a multicultural society, that thing ought not to be said in the national parliament,” she said, News reported.

However, her demand was ruled unnecessary when the Senate President Stephen Parry backed Sen. Macdonald, stating the comment in question was not “unparliamentary language.”

Wong’s sharp retort has even inspired Australians to make a bid for her to become the next Prime Minister of Australia. A Facebook page called “Penny Wong For PM” has been created, which has already received over 2000 likes.

Wong, however, has ruled out the possibility of her gracing the position of Prime Minister any time soon. In an interview with Buzzfeed, Wong said while she is an ambitious woman, she could never imagine running for the top spot simply because she did not believe that the Australian society was ready for a lesbian leader yet. “There’s too much sexism and homophobia and racism in our society for me to want to expose myself to that, and my family,” she said.

A few Twitter users claimed Wong’s dialogue mimics the inner voice of women all over the world who also want to silence men in a similar way, however, are unable to do so.