Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is bombarded with sexual and violent text messages for campaigning No to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has shared a series of despicable, sexually charged, violent and racist posts that bombarded her while campaigning against the Voice to Parliament referendum.
The Country Liberal Party senator published just four of the messages several men had sent her over the weekend on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
One menacing message warned, “If I see you anywhere near Alice (Springs), I’m going to beat the fuck up to you.”
Ms Nampijinpa Price also published a series of sexually explicit messages describing the No campaigner in crude terms that are too obscene to publish.
Two of the sexually explicit messages were sent by one person, who shared his full name, email address and mobile number.
The man described Ms. Nampijinpa Price as “undoubtedly the nastiest, most disgusting bit of s**** in the political landscape today.”
The Country Liberal Party senator this weekend published four messages sent to her by different men on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
One menacing message warned, “If I see you (sic) anywhere near Alice (Springs), I’m going to beat the fuck up uc***.”
One troll even compared her to a “Jew who worked with the Nazis.”
The opposition spokeswoman for Indigenous Australians said: ‘This is what bile looks like.’
Ms Nampijinpa Price is the leading figurehead of the No campaign against the constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament.
She argues that the Voice will be divisive and not deliver the intended results for the communities most in need.
Ms. Nampijinpa Price fears that A Voice is nothing more than a “brand new, bloated, detailless bureaucracy that is above all others … and will be permanently etched into our constitution.”
Ms Nampijinpa Price previously told Daily Mail Australia ‘there is no policy issue that does not affect Indigenous Australians, or any issue that affects us in any other way’.
“And that’s the word that worries me the most—different. That we are treated differently based on our racial heritage.”
The wording of the amendment — which will become constitutional if the majority of Australians vote ‘yes’ in the majority of states in the referendum on Oct. 14 — does not limit the scope of the advisory body, she said.
“Unless there is a specific list pre-established by parliament which are ‘no go’ areas… there is no way we can say anything is off the table.
“Everything plays into it,” she claimed.
One troll even compared her to a ‘Jew who worked with the Nazis’
Ms. Nampijinpa Price has also made public a series of sexually charged posts, the content of which cannot be published on any family website.
The government has long maintained that the Voice will address issues affecting Indigenous Australians in various ways, focusing primarily on healthcare, housing, education and employment.
The Voice will not try to ‘change the date of Australia Day’ or meddle in climate or defense policy, the government says.
Ms. Nampijinpa Price is not alone in experiencing an increase in the number of racist trolls.
Fellow No campaigner Warren Mundine has been outspoken about his mental health struggles during the referendum campaign.
Mr Mundine launched a fiery attack on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week, claiming that the debate on the Voice had ‘opened the word’ to divisions in Australian society.
That is vehemently disputed by Mr Albanese’s office.
The latest poll results show that support for The Voice continues to fall across Australia, with the no vote reaching 53 per cent about six weeks after the referendum.
The Newspoll suggests only 38 per cent of Australians will vote ‘yes’.
The opposition now leads Labor by 37 to 35 per cent in the primary – the first time since May last year that the coalition has led the way.
However, Mr Albanese and the Labor Party still have a significant lead when it comes to two-party preference data – a lead of 53-47 per cent.
Pictured: Ms. Nampijinpa Price delivers her maiden speech to the Senate