FriendlyJordies’ Jordan Shanks slammed for tirade at Liberal MP Nicolle Flint

The ALP has been challenged to cut ties with FriendlyJordies YouTuber Jordan Shanks after a foul-mouthed spray at a Liberal MP.

The ALP has been challenged to cut all ties to YouTube ­satirist Jordan Shanks, who goes by the name Friendly ­Jordies, after he launched a foul-mouthed spray at South Australian Liberal MP ­Nicolle Flint, calling her a “hobo”, a ­“s**t local member” and a “whiny little bitch”.

In the video, Shanks also asked, “How are you not the lowest form of life, Nicolle?” and said, “I don’t hate you because you’re a woman, I hate you because you exist.”

He added: “Think about what a better world the world would be without Nicolle Flint.”

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The video immediately provoked outrage among female Coalition politicians.

FriendlyJordies, AKA Jordan Shanks. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Liberal MP Nicolle Flint. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Ms Flint in February said she would quit politics at the next election, citing misogynistic attacks against her, including vulgar graffiti tagged on her electorate office.

“Anthony Albanese must not only condemn this today, he also needs to apologise for Labor’s ongoing involvement with this man,” Women’s Economic Security Minister Jane Hume told The Daily Telegraph. “The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.”

Former PM Kevin Rudd has appeared in at least two of Shanks’ videos, Bill Shorten and Kristina Keneally at least once, and the comedian also did an interview with Labor’s women’s spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek.

While not cutting ties with Shanks, Mr Albanese condemned Shank’s latest attack on Ms Flint, saying: “The sexist and misogynistic attacks on any member of parliament or any media figure have no place in public discourse and deserve unconditional condemnation.”

Originally published as FriendlyJordies’ Jordan Shanks slammed for tirade at Liberal MP Nicolle Flint