{"id":378738,"date":"2017-11-29T14:54:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378738"},"modified":"2017-11-29T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:54:05","slug":"donald-trump-retweets-far-right-groups-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378738","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump retweets far-right group’s videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump has retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group.<\/p>\n

The first tweet from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, claims to show a Muslim migrant attacking a man on crutches.<\/p>\n

This was followed by two more videos of people Ms Fransen claims to be Muslim.<\/p>\n

Britain First was founded in 2011 by former members of the far-right British National Party (BNP).<\/p>\n

The group has grabbed attention on social media with controversial posts about what they deem “the Islamification of the UK”.<\/p>\n

It has put up members to run in European elections and by-elections on anti-immigration and anti-abortion policies, but has yet to secure any seats.<\/p>\n

It also contested the most recent London mayoral election, receiving 1.2% of the vote.<\/p>\n

The original video was shared by US conservative commentator Ann Coulter who Mr Trump follows.<\/p>\n

Ms Fransen has more than 52,000 followers on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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She responded enthusiastically to Mr Trump sharing her tweets. She posted on her account: “Donald Trump himself has retweeted these videos and has around 44 million followers!”<\/p>\n

“God bless you Trump! God bless America!” she added. The message was also shared on Britain First’s Twitter account.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month,\u00a0Ms Fransen was charged with using “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour”\u00a0during speeches she made in Belfast.<\/p>\n

She will appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 14 December.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump’s decision to retweet the videos met dismay on social media.<\/p>\n

Brendan Cox, whose wife, British MP Jo Cox, was murdered by a right-wing extremist who shouted “Britain First” before committing the act, has condemned the action.<\/p>\n

TV presenter and journalist Piers Morgan, who has called himself a “friend” of the president, tweeted: “What the hell are you doing?”<\/p>\n

“Please STOP this madness & undo your retweets,” he said.<\/p>\n

The Muslim Council for Britain called on the UK government to “distance” itself from the comments.<\/p>\n

“This is the clearest endorsement yet from the US president of the far-right and their vile anti-Muslim propaganda,” a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n

The issue was raised in the UK parliament, and opposition Labour MP Yvette Cooper called on the government to condemn the actions of Mr Trump.<\/p>\n

But House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said it would be wrong to expect the government to immediately respond.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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