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By Andy Hayes, News Reporter
British MPs have accused Donald Trump of "fearmongering" and of making "inflammatory and ignorant statements" after he claimed a rise in UK crime was caused by "radical Islamic terror".
Among a number of comments on social media, co-leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, tweeted: "OK @theresa-may, this is a test. Will you publicly condemn this outright fearmongering?"
Labour MP Wes Streeting also tried to involve the Prime Minister, writing: "Please tell me again why we're rolling the red carpet out for this imbecile, @theresa-may?"
Another Labour MP, Yvette Cooper, said: "It is appalling that we have reached the point where inflammatory and ignorant statements from the President of the United States are now seen as normal" ...
http://news.sky.com/story/imbecile-donald-trump-slammed-by-mps-for-uk-crime-comments-11089807
Gothmog
(145,839 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,288 posts)It's even put Fraser Nelson (editor of the RW Spectator magazine) on the right side of a debate for once:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Amid is a word beloved by fake news websites, to conflate correlation and causation. UK crime is also up amid spread of fidget spinners.
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Just out report: "United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror." Not good, we must keep America safe!
(The whole thread's worth a read if you click through on Nelson's tweet.)
Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)an idiot at home.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)than we do.