Labour rejects JD Vance ‘first Islamist country with nuclear weapons’ remarks

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-16 15:45:42 | Updated at 2024-12-16 18:37:33 2 hours ago

Labour rejects JD Vance ‘first Islamist country with nuclear weapons’ remarks
The Guardian ^ | Tue 16 Jul 2024 | Jessica Elgot and Ben Quinn

Posted on 12/16/2024 7:40:28 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Senior Labour figures have rejected comments by Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, that the UK could become the first “truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon” under the party.

They were reacting to comments that were made by Vance, a junior senator for the state of Ohio who has been announced as Trump’s running mate, at a conference for US conservatives.

Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, told ITV that Vance had said “quite a lot of fruity things in the past” and she looked forward to meeting him and Trump if they won the US election in November.

“I don’t recognise that characterisation. I’m very proud of the election success that Labour had recently,” she said. “We won votes across all different communities, across the whole of the country, and we’re interested in governing on behalf of Britain and also working with our international allies.”

The jibe is likely to be embarrassing for the UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, who has attempted to build bridges with Vance in recent months, comparing their impoverished childhoods.

Vance was speaking at the National Conservatism conference last week, where he said: “I have to beat up on the UK – just one additional thing. I was talking with a friend recently and we were talking about, you know, one of the big dangers in the world, of course, is nuclear proliferation, though, of course, the Biden administration doesn’t care about it.

“And I was talking about, you know, what is the first truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon, and we were like, maybe it’s Iran, you know, maybe Pakistan already kind of counts, and then we sort of finally decided maybe it’s actually the UK, since Labour just took over.”

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To: MinorityRepublican

Then it must be true.......................

2 posted on 12/16/2024 7:41:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: MinorityRepublican

Its called a “joke”.

Remember when the Brits had a sense of “humour”?

3 posted on 12/16/2024 7:43:53 AM PST by FLT-bird

To: MinorityRepublican

Doesn’t Pakistan have nukes?

4 posted on 12/16/2024 7:44:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson (paraphrased): "If you strike at the king, don't fail." The Democrats failed. )

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