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abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 11:35 AM Jan 2021

From Al Jazeera: How Europe's far right responded to pro-Trump Capitol riots (...)

I think this article provides some additional useful perspective on these events.

From article: "Violence in Washington, DC, draws condemnation from some hard-right politicians in Europe, but others remain notably silent.

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European far-right leaders, who once threw their unwavering support behind US President Donald Trump, have condemned pro-Trump protesters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday as Congress gathered to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential win.

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Right-wing politicians, including Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, the far-right Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders, Trump’s longtime British ally Nigel Farage and Italy’s far-right League party leader Matteo Salvini, denounced the protesters’ actions.

Unlike German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, however, they stopped short of pinning some blame on Trump."

more text plus link to pics at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/7/far-right-capitol-riots

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