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Theresa May says Trump's retweets of Britain First were 'wrong' - but he's still welcome to visit

A Trump spokesperson says that whether the videos are accurate or not is unimportant.

IN A RARE rebuke to Britain’s closest ally, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said that US President Donald Trump was wrong to retweet videos posted by a leader of a British far-right group.

However, Downing St rejected calls from opposition lawmakers to revoke Trump’s invitation to pay a state visit to Britain.

Trump caused a stir after retweeting three videos from the account of deputy Britain First leader Jayda Fransen, purporting to show violence by Muslims. The veracity of at least one of the videos has been questioned by Dutch media.

The tiny extremist group, meanwhile, appeared delighted at the publicity boost from a leader with almost 44 million Twitter followers.

In response, Labour Party lawmaker David Lammy tweeted: “@realDonaldTrump you are not welcome in my country and my city.”

Another Labour legislator, Chuka Umunna, said Trump’s invitation to visit Britain “should be withdrawn”.

Lawmaker Chris Bryant went so far as saying that Trump should be arrested for inciting religious hatred if he came to the UK.

May announced in January that Trump had accepted an invitation for a state visit to Britain, one of the biggest honours the country can bestow on foreign leaders. Almost a year later, no date has been set, and opponents of Trump have vowed to stage large protests if he does come.

May’s spokesman, James Slack, said it was “wrong” for the president to have retweeted Britain First as the group seeks to divide communities through its use of “hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions.”

But May’s office said the state visit would not be canceled.

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Founded in 2011, Britain First opposes multiculturalism and what it calls the “Islamisation” of Britain.

Small but publicity-savvy, it has staged direct-action protests at mosques and is active on social media. The group regularly posts inflammatory videos purporting to show violence by Muslims, without context or supporting information.

Fransen, 31, was convicted last year of religiously aggravated harassment after hurling abuse at a Muslim woman wearing a hijab during what was billed as a “Christian patrol” in the town of Luton, north of London.

She currently faces four unrelated counts of harassment relating to leaflets and videos and a separate charge of hate speech.

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White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the retweets.

She said that she was not sure how Trump found the videos, but said their authenticity was not an issue.

“Whether it’s a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about.”

She says she had not discussed with the president how it could impact his relationship with May.

British authorities have warned about a growing threat from violent far-right extremism.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:29 PM

    Extra extra read all about it! “Leader of a country disagrees with leader of another country on something”

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:07 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: trump is a s***bag… like anyone who gives him solace or his supporters… anyone who apologises for him will be remembered by history as being on the wrong side. Its sad that so many cannot see it.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:17 PM

    @Old Gabby Johnson: 29% of Hispanic voters and 29% of Asian voters are skùmbags? That’s awful tolerant of you.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:22 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: using year old statistics now? I’m assuming Gabby means current supporters. Also, many people that didn’t support him voted for him.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:27 PM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Sorry to be pedantic Dave but i don’t think it’s unreasonable to call the people who voted for him, supporters. It’s the best metric I can think of, given how public opinion can vary wildly week to week.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:01 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: so given that public opinion varies wildly from week to week you choose a metric from over a year ago? Sound logic

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:09 PM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Okay please suggest a better metric. What % of Hispanics and Asians are scùmbags then? Do you have the up to date figures?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:19 PM

    @Rooster Roaster: That sounds delicious, do you have a recipe?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:30 PM

    @Rooster Roaster: Wow. You are a very angry individual.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 12:38 AM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: you tell me, you decided that this conversation was about race. Nobody else even mentioned it until I did just there.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 1:07 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: You brought yourself into this conversation, I was asking someone else a question and you decided to answer it and then waffle on, as usual. What do you want from me Dave! Just a really boring and meaningless chat? Are you lonely or something? No offence mate but talking with you is seldom interesting and never goes anywhere. Sometimes I don’t know why I bother with you, ya little scamp.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 1:11 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: *correction: You didn’t even answer it, you just had a little wafflefest and kept answering questions with more questions. It’s your favourite thing to do apparently… (You: Is it really my favourite thing to do??? Wafflewafflewaffle)

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    Nov 30th 2017, 8:19 AM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: eh, I asked you a question, you couldn’t answer it so I asked another and you answered it with a question or three. Might not want to throw stones in that glass house kid.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 8:26 AM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: while on the subject of waffle, how did you get “oh my god you’re so intolerant of other races” from “Trump supporters are s(um” (both paraphrased) the statement had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with race but you just decided all in your own little head that it must be racially intolerant. It’s dim, it’s dishonest and it’s exactly what I’d expect from someone with a brand new account claiming to have spoken to me before

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    Nov 30th 2017, 8:40 AM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: Yep if they still support him – they’re exactly that.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 11:34 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Go back to bed Dave.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 11:35 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: What question did you ask me?

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    Nov 30th 2017, 6:57 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: why asked me? Scroll up. You still haven’t answered. In fact you attempted to and just made yourself look silly. “I use year old statistics because these things are ngs change every day”

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:10 PM

    How did the protest go tonight at Balbriggan Garda station to protest against violent crime committed by the immigrant community against the natives? Or the protest on the M3 last Friday, eh Journal? Oh yeah thats exactly why people are bypassing traditional media.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:24 PM

    @Barrys Tea: do the natives never commit violent crime?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:34 PM

    @Barrys Tea: Any pictures of the protest?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:48 PM

    @Barrys Tea: Where did you see that?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:49 PM

    @Barrys Tea: you are far gone, very far gone.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:04 PM

    @Barrys Tea: this is hardly traditional media

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:14 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: alternative view Ireland have several interesting posts rregarding Balbriggan and Tyrrelstown. The information is out there, if you look.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:54 PM

    @neilo: so there were no protests? No? Or there is no blueprint for changing the ethnic composition of Europe? So Count Richard Von Coudenhoven Kalegari the man who is considered to be the founding father of the EU didnt say in his book Practical Idealism the book that is considered the blueprint for a federal Europe, that the European man of the future would be of mixed race half African half Asian ruled over by an aristocracy. I suggest you familiarise yourself with the following: the horror on the Rhine 1920, Germany Must Perish, the Morgenthu Plan and the rape of two million Germany women, the Hooton plan. Angela Merkels decision to admit a million plus males of military age and then farm them out to the rest of Europe,

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    Nov 30th 2017, 12:27 AM

    @neilo: US military intelligence during WWii estimated that knowledge of both the Morgenthu Plan and Kaufmanns Germany must Perish as well as Gobbels skillful exploitation of these plans for the future of Germany gave the German Army the fighting resolve of three extra divisions. But please feel free to dispute, at least be aware of what these entailed.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 11:27 AM

    @Barrys Tea: was the Count not half Asian himself? Was he not the child of a wealthy immigrant and a diplomat? Hmmm, maybe, just maybe it was about himself. I fail to see the relevance of him or the morgenthau plan today. Other than you mentioning them and being very vague

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:10 PM

    Incredible but unsurprising how people are shocked at the retweets as opposed to what is actually in the videos themselves. Easier to pretend these things don’t happen I guess.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:27 PM

    @Dj: describe accurately what is in the tweets.

    You use the argument used by Trump’s spokespeople.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:41 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: If you take your head out of your arse you can look at them for yourself.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:43 PM

    @Dj: Also notice that yer one is verified on twitter. She’s obviously endorsed by them.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:08 PM

    @Dj: individuals committing offences. Most Muslim. But what is objectionable and not aired by the president of America is that the ideology he speaks of is not that of all Muslims as seen by the attack in Egypt last week. That is the part that people are omitting to suit their own agenda

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    Nov 30th 2017, 12:09 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: It’s politics. What do you expect? Agendas everywhere. What surprises me is that people are only shocked when Trump does it. A window gets smashed in a Mosque and it’s national news, with follow up stories about the rise of neo nazism, islamaphobia and far right politics when nobody even knows who smashed the window in the first place.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 1:19 AM

    @Dj: nasty

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    Nov 30th 2017, 7:17 AM

    @Dj: Horrible things happen everywhere. Why doesn’t tweet footage of one of the daily mass shootings in his own country, aka something relevant to the US. Oh yeah, cause he’s a blatant racist.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 8:33 AM

    @Dj: Maybe you should have a look yourself, then you’ll see that two were already proven to be fake and the third is still unverified.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:35 PM

    Trump success again as his Muslim tweets were the usual diversionary tactic to divert attention away from the most environmental destructive decision ever made by any US Govt to allow Big Oil to plunder pollute ransack the beautiful pristine Arctic – media no mention of Arctic.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:28 PM

    @GO GREEN: Well spotted. As JP Morgan said many years ago, “by dividing the people we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance to us”. It’s head- scratching to see all these so-called intelligentsia continuously lose their rag over Trumps tweets, while the bigger picture passes them by.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 12:34 AM

    @JimmyMc: Good quote Jimmy

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    Dec 1st 2017, 8:59 AM

    @JimmyMc:

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:37 PM

    When Thomas Mair murdered the late Jo Cox MP he shouted “Britain First”.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:43 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: As has many a commentator at sporting events.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:05 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: but they don’t actually murder anyone.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:10 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Oh right I see. So it’s their equivalent of allahu akbar? I get it now.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:13 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: do you have the names of sports commentators who shout support for extremist fringe political parties at sports events?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:21 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: SAUDI SPORTS COMMENTATOR FAHD AL-RAOUGHUI: I’D RATHER HAVE ALLAH SLAUGHTER ME THAN SEE SAUDI WOMEN AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:22 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: that’s a no then?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:32 PM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Lol was Tony expecting a serious response to his totally stupid and irrelevant question? My bad. No. I don’t have names. So bleedin what?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:02 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: you said it happened, he asked for examples, you say you have none.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:06 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: So,just out of curiosity,what is your opinion of the group,Britain First ?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:14 PM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Dear god dave you must be a fucķing nightmare to live with. I’ll explain it slowly for you… Tony said your man shouted Britain first. I said many sports commentators have also shouted that, as in, if Britain win a sporting event, the commentator could yell, Britain First! You see, in the context of some sports, one can say X has come first, it means “they win”. It was just a silly little joke really. Do you understand?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:16 PM

    @Seamus Mc Meel: I know virtually nothing about them. Give me ten minutes to look in to them and I’ll get back to you.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:27 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: Don,t shout please. Sshh.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:32 PM

    @Hans Vos: Sorry it was a copy and paste and I wasn’t arsed reducing the text to lower case.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:38 PM

    @Seamus Mc Meel: Hello again. They appear to be yet another nationalist group which has sprung up in response to the spread of Islam in the west, similar to the edl or pegida. Their methods seem harsh and probably counter productive. Don’t know what else to say really. Not really people I’d like to associate with.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:31 PM

    So, you’re the leader of the #1 economy, who we want a trade deal with? No, you can’t come over.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:35 PM

    @Steven C. Schulz: trade deals are not influenced by visits.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:41 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Trump is an egomaniac, at the very least you get a better deal by throwing him a party.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:47 PM

    @John Considine: the decisions on trade deals are not made by Trump. Technically he could try to veto a deal but it has not happened before. The US needs a bilateral with Britain and Britain needs a bilateral with the US. Both Trump and May will be happy to take the credit but the deals are hammered out by expert negotiators. It’s a special skill.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 1:02 AM

    @Steven C. Schulz: With a normal president, I might agree. But as we’ve seen, Trump isn’t one.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:34 PM

    It’s a pity we don’t get the same outrage, selective or otherwise, from the selective outraged after every Islamic Jihadist attack on us all in the West instead of lighting flipping candles & hashtagging all over the place. And it’s a pity there isn’t the same outrage as our cities & towns are being turned into fortresses to prevent Islamic Jihadist terrorist attacks. Britain First is not a nice group & neither are Islamic Jihadist terrorists. The reality of Islamic terrorism is not pretty. Can’t hide that fact. If it takes a bit of ugliness to highlight the frightening threats we are living under, so be it. Political correctness again in our increasingly Sharia Law compliant EU.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:31 PM

    Britain First is the far right extremist group to which Thomas Mair, the murderer of the late Jo Cox MP, belongs.

    Trump is winding up the haters and bigots.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:37 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: You and your type are the only ones wound up and it is lobverly to see.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:47 PM

    @Bob McTanned: coming from you that is the ultimate compliment. I am truly moved.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:48 PM

    @Danny foley: you certainly don’t like facts.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:59 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: it’s an honour to know that you acknowledge and ultimately verify my assertion, Tony. Cheers.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:15 PM

    @Bob McTanned: you sign off as Tony. It’s a nice touch but is your real name not Bob?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:16 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: yes it’s Bob, Tony.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:50 PM

    Trump may yet qualify for honorary life membership of Britain First.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:35 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Doubtful. He might get a discount for being unwaged, at most – but can you picture them offering membership to an American? Even if he weren’t a bit too orange for them, that is.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:37 PM

    Trump knows exactly how to play the media and the intolerant left, make no mistake. Retweeting these videos took him/his staff a couple of minutes and just look at the faux outrage he has generated, amazing!! If only the left considered the content of these videos before screaming rascism, islamophobia etc. Wishful thinking, no doubt.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 12:13 AM

    @The Dude: You think he has a team running his Twitter feed? I thought it was just him staying up late.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:58 PM

    Bring it on

    I hope the uk provides a protest demonstration of massive proportions

    Let him try and play this as fake news

    I mean, the fact that a POTUS has engaged in neo nazi propaganda is genuinely beyond belief

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:03 PM

    @Andy: that’s well expressed.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:42 PM

    @Andy: “Neo -Nazi propaganda” hahaha my sides. So Trump is a neo nazi because he highlighted the violence and atrocities committed by Jihads? Does it get dizzy from all the spinning that you do, Andy?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:27 PM

    Ah, the tolerant far-right Christians, spreading the Good Word with a hearty dollop of hatred and racism!

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:30 PM

    @Justin Barrett: Why would the far-right be tolerant?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:35 PM

    @Justin Barrett: Trump is doing a good job letting people know whatis happening across Europe. He has the established media on the run.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:38 PM

    @Danny foley: Sarah Hackabee-Sanders open admitted it is of no relevance to the white House whether these videos are even authentic.

    They are straight up saying the truth doesn’t matter, just our agenda. No pretence at all.

    Are you not ashamed of yourself for buying that?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:42 PM

    @John Considine: No not at all. I do not agree with open borders and the charade of diversity which only serves leftist politicians who want to box everyone into sections of society.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GafuF7HrVdQ&t=49s

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:47 PM

    @Danny foley: What does that have to do with the fact that Trump is openly reposting dubious, extremist propaganda and you agreeing with it?Even after they openly admit what they are doing, no less….

    Is it all about the agenda for you too then? Let the truth be damned as long as you get what you want? And you expect that to convince anyone? Your myopia is astounding, stuff like this is why no-one can take you guys seriously.

    Which, by the way, is exactly the same problem the hard-left that you despise has. I guess all idiots are the same, they are just idiotic about different things.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:53 PM

    @John Considine: Well lucky for me everyone has one vote so my opinion is as valid as yours. You think all is well???? I don’t, i see a toxic clash of cultures brewing in the west and it needs to be halted.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:02 PM

    @Danny foley: No Danny, I don’t think that. But I’m still not going to believe, support or endorse anyone who openly admits that the truth doesn’t matter. Says it straight out to the World Press like it’s nothing.

    Do you think all is well with that? Do you think the best argument for what you believe is unapologetic lies? Is that how you will convince people?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:05 PM

    @Danny foley: The only toxins clashing are ones between your frontal lobe and cerebral vortex!

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:18 PM

    @Danny foley: weird that you think cultures mixing boxes people in but building walls around different cultures doesn’t. I’m in no way an open borders fan and would like stricter immigration policies. It’s just very weird that you said that.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:10 PM

    @Danny foley: Thankfully,there are more of us,than there are of you right wing extremists.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:54 PM

    @Danny foley: If you don’t agree with open borders, what has an American politician got to do with whatever you say goes on in other countries? If he wants to intervene, he could be sending aid to famine victims instead of weapons. Millions are starving in Yemen and this man is boosting his own brand of PR. Still, if you want him to be happy, you can buy a handbag from his wife online.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 1:27 AM

    @John Considine: it’s because like many Trump supporters he doesn’t care what’s done, truth or untruth in the name of vile hatred and dividing people.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:39 PM

    Trump playing to the gallery of the hard right extremists. He has to foster fear and hate.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:12 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: He also has to get his tax bill through so that those earing less than 70,000 pay more tax and millionaires get a tax cut – and opening Arctic to drilling – this was his main reason for these tweets to divert attention away from these policies and get them passed through.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:15 PM

    @GO GREEN: that is astute and plausible.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:58 PM

    @GO GREEN: Yes, and not only him, though? I think you’ll find it’s the US Republican party behind those cynical moves. Pretty sure it’s why they courted Palin previously – to sign off on exploiting Alaska for fossil fuels.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:01 PM

    Trump knows how the cultivate and humour the rabid right.

    Ann Coulter asserts that the videos have to be deemed authentic of attacks by Muslims and accepted unless or until there is proof that the videos are not authentic.

    The President’s spokeswoman asserts that it is irrelevant if the videos are authentic or that they show what the are supposed to show.

    Trump is highly effective in disseminating provocation, fear and hate. That’s his modus operandi.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:19 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: doubt Islam needs Trump to promote their sick and twisted ideology

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:23 PM

    @Bob McTanned: thesis and antithesis.

    Energy and drive is given by an enemy.

    Trump’s fear and hate feeds ISIS. ISIS fear and hate feeds Trump. It’s a reciprocal and mutual feeding relationship.

    Trump will always need enemies in business, private relationships, domestic politics and international conflict. It’s his energy. He can’t tolerate collaboration, cooperation, consensus or moderation.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 12:09 AM

    @Rooster Roaster: And? Is it your belief that it’s the job of the US President to distribute propaganda until popular opinion allows his party to preside over a foreign war? Is America so impoverished that she has to send economic conscripts abroad just to earn a living now? Why do you think he wants to highlight this? Could unemployment be going up over there, for all his election promises? Specifically, what is he getting into? What is he pushing citizens to sign up to? He personally has no idea what it’s like to be in the army. He won’t be sending his son into the trenches, you can be certain of that.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:38 PM

    What a surprise, rational and perfectly reasonable comments being deleted again. An absolute joke. Pointless even taking part.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:45 PM

    Chuckling @Bob McTanned: you express that so tongue in cheek.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:04 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: and you express your hate and bile with your head buried in the sand?

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:03 PM

    Only comment I want to make has nothing to do with the story but jasus! The same people seem to comment on nearly every story on the journal, get a frickin life!!!!

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:40 PM

    @selfsustainable: #banfiony

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    Nov 30th 2017, 1:37 PM

    @Rooster Roaster: back to picking your nose now.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:35 PM

    Security will have to be ramped up, threats from both liberals and Islamic lunatics

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:03 PM

    @Bob McTanned: Jihadists desperately need Trump for the purpose of polarisation and to serve their agenda. Trump feeds them and gives their malignancy oxygen and catalyst.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:15 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: mainstream liberal media feeds Trump, and Trump loves it.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:26 PM

    @Bob McTanned: he hates them and it drives him but Muslims, minorities, ethic groups and environmentalists enrage him.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:32 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: maybe Islamic terror attacks on innocent people piss him off, Tony, like any sane person. Wouldn’t expect you to get that, though. You’re ignorance is your bliss, it seems.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:48 PM

    @Bob McTanned: Jihadist attacks are hateful, violent and evil but the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful, law abiding and decent human beings.

    You share much in common with Trump’s outlook.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:00 PM

    @Rooster Roaster: Absolutely, Rooster

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    Nov 29th 2017, 11:31 PM

    Thomas Mair and Anders Breiviks will adore Trump for this.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 9:59 PM

    Britains new reality … they would deal with the devil to earn a buck

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    Nov 30th 2017, 9:45 AM

    Because Trump has the balls to stand up to Muslims and condemn their atrocities he is condemned by the lily livered bed wetting liberal fascists of Europe whose only response is to lit candles,hold hands,sing songs and make asinine comments about Islam being a religion of peace.So let me get this straight,the people who condemn Muslim atrocities are condemned by the liberal media [is there any other kind] for inciting hatred and not the perpetrators of the atrocities. Ok, that really makes sense.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:57 PM

    If Thomas Mair, the murderers of the late Jo Cox MP, is following this in prison, he will be ecstatic.

    So too will be Anders Breivik.

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    Nov 29th 2017, 10:45 PM

    Trump has to continuously pander to his constituency of hate and prejudice. He is a victim of his own monsters.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 2:06 AM

    A mentally unhinged tub of lard is running America.

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    Nov 30th 2017, 10:35 AM

    Mr Trump is wrong on this issue. He should be cautioned by twitter ltd.

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