The President of the United States retweeted three controversial tweets with anti-Muslim content from the deputy leader of Britain First, earlier today.
The tweets consist of what the deputy leader identifies as an 'Islamist' pushing someone off a building, a 'Muslim' destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary, and a supposed Muslim migrant pushing a disabled boy from Holland.
VIDEO: Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death! pic.twitter.com/XxtlxNNSiP
— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 29, 2017
Britain First is a ultranationalist political organization created in 2011 by former members of the British National Party. The group regularly share content criticizing what they regard as the “Islamification of the United Kingdom.”
VIDEO: Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches! pic.twitter.com/11LgbfFJDq
— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 28, 2017
Jayda Fransen, the author of the original tweets, was arrested over remarks she made in a speech made during the Northern Ireland Against Terrorism Rally March in August.
The language and tone of the tweets, has been met with condemnation from journalists and political leaders.
