Alexander Downer strikes Rebekha Sharkie supporters during Mayo's "abuse" campaign
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July 28, 2018 18:40:03
Former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer blames supporters of Mayo candidate Rebekha Sharkie for "horrible hate" against her family during her daughter Georgina's election campaign
. "We are followers of Adelaide Hills and we have been doing politics here for decades and, through multiple elections, we never see such abuses," Downer told the group. 19659005] Key Points:
- Alexander Downer blames Rebekha Sharkie's supporters for online abuse
- Comments on a post by his wife Nicky labeled him "disadvantaged" and "stuck"
- Georgina Downer has also described as "Silver Princess"
"Sharkie's supporters brought such horror to our district."
He then added, "You must all be new arrivals."
His comments followed a message from his wife Nicky to the group that she "voted for Georgina Downer not because she's my daughter, but because she's clearly the best person for work. "
It sparked a wave of negative responses, including a user who urged Nicky Downer to" stop looking at everyone. "
" You are not a special gifted person with a license to do so, "says the user.
She was also labeled" troll of the week "and" overloaded in the wire
Other publications referred to her daughter Georgina Downer – the liberal candidate – as "silver princess to the spoon and disconnected from reality" who "n & # Does not belong to Mayo ". Return to Victoria "
Another said," Mr. and Mrs. Downer it's time to cut the umbilical cord! "
A few hours later, Mr. Downer's wife retaliated by condemning those who responded" in a very aggressive manner "" I loved living in the hills because of people, gardening and artistic activities, "she said
" I did not know that there was so much intolerance.
Facebook plays an important role in Mayo, according to an badyst
Mr. Downer's remark about "newcomers" has aroused the wrath of at least one of the closed group members who responded – in an apparent reference to Georgina Downer's time in Melbourne – that "43 years old is not really new, but at least I've never left".
Earlier in the campaign, Georgina Downer deleted her Twitter account, accusing the "trolls" of using "unacceptable language".
Ms. Sharkie, a candidate for the Nick Xenophon Center Alliance, is the favorite to return to her seat after successive polls have put her forward.
A spokeswoman for Ms. Sharkie said that she had not seen the conversation on Facebook and "is not aware of its content and has no comments to make ".
Political badyst Raphaella Kathryn Crosby said the negative campaign had an influence in Mayo, but said it was "unpleasant comments". The followers of Mrs. Downer who had a greater impact.
Ms. Crosby said that an investigation of about 125 voters found that there had been a swing against Mrs. Downer
"Almost all those have deserted .. were people who were really "Facebook appeared very clearly in Mayo's by-election as being very decisive on how people vote."
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July 28, 2018 18:35:02
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