Jess Phillips has stated her “world has been turned the wrong way up” after Elon Musk accused her of being an “evil witch” who needs to be jailed.
She stated she had been left worrying about her security after the tech billionaire advised his 210 million followers on X – the social media platform he owns – she was a “rape genocide apologist” after she rejected requires a public inquiry into historic baby abuse in Oldham.
Phillips stated it was as much as the native council, not the federal government, to instigate such an inquiry.
In a collection of posts on X, Musk described Phillips as a “rape genocide apologist who needs to be put in jail”.
Talking publicly for the primary time concerning the row, Phillips advised ITV Information: “It’s ridiculous isn’t it? The issues that he’s saying are so ridiculous as to initially make me simply go what?
“However you then get up with the realisation that that’s tens of millions of those who he has stated that to and you are feeling instantly like that is going to show my world the wrong way up and I’ve to try to restrict for a way lengthy that’s the case.
“However you recognize, your rapid, my rapid thought was like simply, it’s type of like, what a joke. After which the realisation of what that is most likely going to imply for you.”
Requested if it had turned her world the wrong way up, the minister stated: “Yeah a bit bit, so much. Nicely so much truly it’s… it’s not nice.
“The factor that annoys me essentially the most about it’s it takes up a lot bandwidth of my time from a person who is aware of completely nothing concerning the topic he’s speaking about.
“When the one factor I ever need to be doing is with the ability to use all of my mind energy to deal with the lots of of ladies I’ve supported over time who’ve been victims of grooming gangs and what must occur to make their lives higher. And to cease what continues to be taking place immediately.”
Requested if she worries about her security, Phillips stated: “In fact I fear about my security. In fact, and you must, you recognize, anybody who has labored within the fields of violence in opposition to ladies and women.
“Threat is dynamic and I’ve to take account of the dangers in my life and that is one in every of them at present.”