What a hypocrite! Corbyn slams Donald for his mealy-mouthed condemnation

JEREMY Corbyn was accused of hypocrisy after he criticised Donald Trump for initially refusing to condemn racists behind the Charlottesville attack.

Mr Corbyn said Mr Trump’s response was ‘not enough’ after he reacted to the events in Virginia – in which one person was killed and 19 injured – by saying he opposed bigotry and violence ‘on many sides’.

But one Tory MP pointed out that last week the Labour leader had himself done exactly the same by declining to take sides following the chaos in Venezuela.

Asked to condemn the country’s Leftwing president after more than 120 people died in anti-government protests, Mr Corbyn said merely that he condemned violence committed ‘by any side’.

He has previously made similar comments when asked to condemn IRA bombings.

President Trump last night responded to criticism from across the political spectrum and condemned the white supremacy groups. But Mr Corbyn again refused to criticise Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro for clinging on to power.

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said: ‘Jeremy Corbyn is being totally hypocritical. He refuses to condemn his extremist far-Left comrades in Venezuela and then attacks Donald Trump for using exactly the same words to avoid attacking the far-Right.

‘The President has now relented: will Mr Corbyn do the same?’ Mr Trump was roundly criticised for his initial response to the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. He did not attack the hate groups, but only said he condemned ‘this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides’.

Asked about the comments, Mr Corbyn said: ‘It’s not enough ... White supremacists arrived ... in order to cause trouble.

‘Surely every president of every country ... should be able to condemn that.’

The Labour leader rejected comparisons with his own comments on Venezuela. Last week Mr Corbyn would only say: ‘What I condemn is the violence that’s been done by any side, by all sides, in all this.’

But yesterday he insisted: ‘There is no equivalence between white supremacists trying to kill somebody in Charlottesville and the situation in Venezuela. Yes, there are problems in Venezuela, and what I have called for is ... calm, peace, negotiations, and a constitutional way forward.’