Rayner dismisses Trump running mate 'Islamist UK' claim

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The UK's deputy prime minister has dismissed comments by Donald Trump's running mate for US vice president that UK under Labour might be the first "truly Islamist" country with nuclear weapons ...

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"Fruity."

Gotta love it. Rayner garnered a lot of laughs when Tories in Parliament groused to the press about her crossing and uncrossing her legs during Question Time, whining it distracted Boris Johnson. Vance? Just a word. "Fruity," indeed.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-07-16 11:26 AM | Reply

Vance has indeed said that if he had been vice-president on 6 January 2021, he would have done as Trump and his supporters demanded and blocked certification of results in key states won by Biden during the election weeks earlier.
www.theguardian.com

I'm going with Goering at the moment. (The Nazi-Trump link is Vance's own, when he wore different colors, a moment or two ago.). But Ol' Fruity is a real chameleon, so who knows? Lord Haw-Haw?

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-07-16 12:14 PM | Reply

Republicans gonna xenophobe.

It's their shtick.

Hate sells well amongst conservatives.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-07-16 12:22 PM | Reply

... Angela Rayner told ITV that Mr Vance had said "quite a lot of fruity things in the past" but said does not "recognise" his characterisation of the UK. ...

Candidate Vance has been living in the Trump Cult alternate reality for a couple of years now. No one should expect Candidate Vance to have a grasp of what is really occurring.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-16 02:29 PM | Reply

This Yale Law School graduate, who in 2005 was a USMC combat correspondent in Iraq, is somehow still concerned about WMDs, and of all places with our #1 NATO ally. Incredibly, this new "apprentice" remains unconcerned about Vladimir Putin's WMDs, the thousands of deaths the Kremlin has caused in Ukraine, or the increased amount of Russian sabotage attacks against European infrastructure. The VPOTUS candidate is slinging s#@t against Islam, but his boss "loves the Saudis". The hypocrisy is staggering.

Sidebar: Is there a weird resemblance between JD Vance and a bearded DJT Jr? Please compare images in links below.

https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.klkntv.com/content/uploads/2020/10/Donald-Trump-Jr- 1024x768.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Vance

Nota Bene: Because of the increased threat of Russian sabotage in Europe, USEUCOM recently heightened CI/OPSEC measures.

Sources:

www.cnn.com

https://apnews.com/article/cafffbc8448e49329e04ef7941c2b85a

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-16 02:47 PM | Reply

Pre-Sen Candidate Vance called Trump everything but Satan himself... prior to needing Trump to win his Senate Race.

He's a two-faced POS, and I don't know how The Beard stands to be near him.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-16 02:58 PM | Reply

Vance has no character either.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-07-16 03:00 PM | Reply

Get in line UK!

#8 | Posted by fresno500 at 2024-07-16 03:01 PM | Reply

To Mr. JD Vance from the Bard of Avon:

"More of your conversation would infect my brain, being the herdsmen of the beastly plebeians. I will be bold to take my leave of you."

(Coriolanus, Act II, Scene I)

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-16 03:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Why Europe looks at Trump's VP pick with anxiety

Many of America's closest allies were already dreading the prospect of Donald Trump's return to the White House. Now that the former president has picked JD Vance as his running mate, they potentially have a lot more to worry about.

By choosing Vance, Trump has sent a clear signal that, if elected, his America-first foreign policy will be back in force.

Vance, a junior senator for Ohio, is a staunch critic of sending support to Ukraine as it tries to defend itself against Russia.

Like Trump, he has repeatedly criticized NATO and its European members for not spending enough on defense.

And he has made a number of comments that have raised eyebrows across the pond " including when he said the United Kingdom would become the "first truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon" under the new Labour government." excerpts

www.cnn.com

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-16 04:33 PM | Reply

And in other unsurprising news, Elon Musk goes all in with his support for Trump. It still cracks me up how many rightwingers were claiming that Musk was a liberal.

#11 | Posted by moder8 at 2024-07-16 04:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"Italy's shaped like a boot! Who knew?"

Luigi Risotto from The Simpsons.

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-16 06:52 PM | Reply

So Pakistan is not a 'truly Islamist Country?'
Hope he listens to National Security Briefings in the future.
Maybe Tosser/Rigel whoever will be along to clarify whether Pakistan is an Islamist country.

#13 | Posted by mattm at 2024-07-17 04:42 PM | Reply