British Prime Minister Theresa May condemns Trump over Muslim video retweets

Trump shared three tweets from Jayda Fransen that included three different videos Wednesday morning. The first showed a young man, described by Fransen as a “Muslim migrant,” beating up another young man on crutches. The second included the caption “Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary,” and the third states “Islamist mob pushes teen boy off roof and beats him to death.”

Fransen is the deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right group created in 2011 by former members of the British Nationalist Party. She was arrested earlier this month and charged with using “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior” during a speech at a “Northern Ireland Against Terrorism” rally in August.

The spokesman for May criticized Britain First and said the group “seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions.”

“They cause anxiety to law-abiding people,” the spokesman 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.”

In response to the president’s tweets, a British member of Parliament said Trump’s invitation to visit the United Kingdom next year should be revoked.

“Donald Trump is promoting the propaganda of a racist far right group,” Labour politician Chuka Umunna tweeted. “His invite to the UK in 2018 should be immediately withdrawn.”