"Babet identified the charity, VMIAC, as the potential workplace of Grace*, who was accused of celebrating Kirk's death. The senator who had separately written on his social media we are at war in the wake of Kirk's death urged his followers to contact the organisation and push for Grace to be sacked. Parts of his post were published in a Daily Mail article."
"After Kirk's death she commented on TikTok: Let's never forget that Charlie Kirk used his whole head to defend your second amendment right to own guns. In a subsequent post, she said: This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't had continued to abuse people the way that he did. The next day, she argued: It is not wrong or unethical or unkind to laugh at the misfortunes of terrible people."
Charlie Kirk's assassination prompted targeted harassment of a Melbourne mental health charity, VMIAC, after its contact details were shared on social media. Australian senator Ralph Babet posted the charity's phone number, email and website and identified VMIAC as the alleged workplace of Grace*, urging followers to call for her sacking. Grace had left the organisation a year earlier. Thousands of messages and voicemails inundated the charity, with some voicemails described as highly distressing by CEO Vrinda Edan. Grace's social posts criticised Kirk and suggested laughing at the misfortunes of "terrible people." Babet warned such attitudes could incite further political violence.
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