FEDERAL shadow Indigenous affairs minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price claims she is “copping death threats” after thousands of Australians were bombarded with unsolicited text messages urging them to vote ‘no’ to the Voice.
The text messages purporting to be from the Senator, labelling the Voice “risky” and “divisive” and encouraging voters to visit a Liberal Party website to apply for a postal vote. “Hi, it’s Jacinta Price, The Referendum is on 14 Oct. This Voice is risky, unknown and divisive. Don’t know? Say no. For a postal vote go to https://postal.vote,” the text reads.
While Ms Price did not confirm whether she sent the text messages, she did say she has a “target” on her back.
“I have had a barrage of really horrible messages today calling me a c**t and a b-word and all kinds of stuff left on my phone,” Ms Price told Sky News’s Peta Credlin.
“But it says more about who they are — not me.
“I carry the target around on my back, because they need me to, because if I don’t, well, who else is going to.
“People might be scared that they might be called racist.
“Well, I’m copping death threats.
