Trump gets flak after he retweets anti- Muslim videos, UK PM says it’s wrong
London, Nov. 29: US President Donald Trump was “wrong” to retweet three anti- Muslim videos posted by the deputy head of Britis far- right group Britain First, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Wednesday. “Britain First seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions. They cause anxiety to law abiding people,” he said. “British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents — decency, tolerance and respect. It is wrong for the president to have done this." Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour party, had tweeted earlier: "I hope our government will condemn far- right retweets by Donald Trump. They are abhorrent, dangerous and a threat to our society.” US President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted anti- Islam videos on Twitter that had originally been published by a leader of a fringe, far- right British party who was convicted earlier this month of abusing aMuslim woman.
Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the anti- immigration Britain First group, posted the videos on Wednesday which she said showed a group of people who were Muslims beating a teenage boyto death, battering a boy on crutches and destroying a Christian statue.
Mr Trump's decision to re- tweet the videos prompted criticism from both sides of the Atlantic.
“I hope our government will condemn far- right retweets by Donald Trump,” Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s Opposition Labour Party, wrote on Twitter. "They are abhorrent, dangerousand a threat to our society.”
“I'm delighted,” Fransen, who has 53,000 Twitter followers, saying it showed the US President shared her aim of raising awareness of “issues such as Islam”.
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