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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:41 PM Feb 2017

British Parliament will do the math: Documented misogyny + vulgarity equals no official State Visit?



British Parliament will debate on Monday whether the government should rescind its invitation to President Donald Trump for an official state visit.

A petition to Parliament calling for the invite to be withdrawn has amassed more than 1.8 million signatures as of Sunday, far surpassing the 100,000 signatures needed to prompt a debate in Parliament.

“He should not be invited to make an official State Visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen,” the petition reads, citing Trump’s “well documented misogyny and vulgarity.”

London Mayor Sadiq Khan agrees with the petition and said Sunday Trump should be denied due to his “ban on people from seven Muslim-majorities countries” and his decision to block refugees from entering the United States, the Associated Press reports.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parliament-withdraw-trump-state-visit_us_58a9e592e4b07602ad55c35f?xapviw4ylnv7ycik9&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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British Parliament will do the math: Documented misogyny + vulgarity equals no official State Visit? (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2017 OP
WOW! chillfactor Feb 2017 #1
The thought of him attempting to, shake hands with Queen and representing us dewsgirl Feb 2017 #2

chillfactor

(7,575 posts)
1. WOW!
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:49 PM
Feb 2017

That would be very disturbing to the orange one....he would go stark raving mad. Pretty clear that the British people have no use for the orange one. Has any other American president been denied a state visit to the UK before?

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
2. The thought of him attempting to, shake hands with Queen and representing us
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:30 PM
Feb 2017

Is repulsive and embarrassing.

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