Elon Musk calls Jacqui Lambie ‘enemy’ of the Australian people and suggests she should be in jail after she deleted her X account
- X owner posted a scathing message about Lambie
Elon Musk has branded Jacqui Lambie an “enemy” of the Australian people as he deleted her X account following her scathing tirade against the social media boss.
The war of words erupted when Lambie urged other politicians to boycott X, formerly Twitter, after Musk refused to remove footage of the Wakeley church stabbing from the platform.
Musk criticized the independent senator from Tasmania in a slew of posts overnight, writing: “Absolutely. She (Jacqui Lambie) is an enemy of the Australian people.
In a separate post, Musk added that Lambie has “utter contempt for the Australian people.”
Elon Musk has criticized independent senator Jacqui Lambie, labeling her an ‘enemy’ of the Australian people after she deleted her X account and urged other politicians to do the same
Lambie deleted her X account on Tuesday after using the online platform to launch a scathing attack on the billionaire boss.
The senator called Musk an “absolute disgrace” and claimed he should be jailed for his refusal to remove the contents of the Wakeley church stabbing.
“I think (Elon Musk) is a social media button with no social conscience. Such a person should be in prison,” Senator Lambie told Sky News on Tuesday.
“I don’t care about the platform.”
“If you want to set a good example, it has to happen from here, so start taking out X.
Senator Lambie’s party’s X account, the Jacqui Lambie Network, remains active on the platform despite the last post being published in 2022.
It comes as Musk has intensified his feud with Australian regulators, eSafety commissioner this week.
X was ordered by the federal court on Monday to prevent all users from viewing images related to an alleged terror attack by an 16-year-old boy on an Assyrian bishop during a live streamed service in a church in western Sydney on 15 of April.
The company said it had temporarily complied with the order in Australia while it fought it in court – but argued that a global takedown order violates the principle of freedom of expression – a point highlighted by Musk.