An indigenous Australian senator heckled King Charles and accused him of genocide during a rant that lasted for about a minute inside Australia’s Parliament House.
Video footage of the verbal attack is being shared widely on social media. It shows an angered Lidia Thorpe as she interrupts a ceremony in the capital of Canberra by shouting loudly and launching a verbal slaying against the King. She managed to get more than a few words in before security surrounded her and led her out of the room.
“This is not your land. You are not my King,” Thorpe shouted.
Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe yells at King Charles after he finished giving a speech at the Australian Parliament:
“You committed genocide against our people, give us our land back! Give us what you stole from us! You are not our King!”
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Thorpe, who is an independent senator from Victoria, has advocated for a treaty between Australia’s government and its first inhabitants. Thorpe was wearing a traditional possum skin cloak while she vented her frustrations at King Charles.
“You committed genocide against our people!” Thorpe shouted, as she brazenly walked toward the King.
Cameras kept rolling as Thorpe continued to passionately shout out her frustrations.
“Give us our land back — give us what you stole from us!” she said. “You destroyed our land.”
BREAKING:
The end of King Charles speech has been interrupted by a protest from an indigenous campaigner.
Senator Lidia Thorpe shouted at the stage “you are not our King”, “this is not your land”.
She demanded the King apologise for British atrocities in Australia pic.twitter.com/ZytV8X9OC9— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) October 21, 2024
“Give us a treaty. We want a treaty in this country!” she demanded. “This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my king. You are not our king.”
Thorpe’s approach and views were not universally shared among the indigenous people. Aboriginal elder Aunty Violet Sheridan said Thorpe’s protest was “disrespectful” and that “she does not speak for me,” according to BBC.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 22: Deputy Leader of the Greens in the Senate Lidia Thorpe protests outside the British Consulate General office building on September 22, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Indigenous groups have held “Abolish the Monarchy” rallies around Australia on Thursday to highlight the impact of British colonisation in Australia. Thursday 22 September was declared a one-off public holiday as a National Day of Mourning for Australia following Queen Elizabeth II’s death. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)
The King and Queen concluded the remainder of the ceremony after Thorpe’s exit.
Thorpe later spoke to the BBC and stated she had intended to send a “clear message” to the King.
“To be sovereign, you have to be of the land,” she said “He is not of this land.” (RELATED: ‘I Do Not Have Time For D*cks’: Carly Pearce Tosses Heckler Out Of Her Concert)
“We can be a better country — but we cannot bow to the coloniser, whose ancestors he spoke about in there are responsible for mass murder and mass genocide.”
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
