How Donald Trump was blasted for sharing anti-Muslim videos posted by Jayda Fransen on Twitter
Jayda Fransen hit the headlines in November last year when Donald Trump shared anti-Muslim videos she posted on Twitter.
The President's decision sparked an immediate backlash, with Theresa May condemning the move and the widow of murdered MP Jo Cox accusing him of 'spreading hatred'.
The first video retweeted by Mr Trump was claimed to show a 'Muslim migrant' beating up a Dutch boy on crutches.
Donald Trump (pictured on March 7) was blasted for sharing anti-Muslim videos posted by Jayda Fransen on Twitter
But Dutch media said the video was 'fake news'. The video features a born and raised Dutch man and no reports have detailed the suspect's religion.
Mr Trump also retweeted a video of a Muslim man 'destroy(ing) a statue of Virgin Mary', and another where Ms Fransen wrote: 'Islamist mob pushed teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!' The provenance of the footage is unknown.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said Britain First sought to divide communities through its use of 'hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions'.
'It is wrong for the president to have done this,' the spokesman said.
Labour politician Mrs Cox was stabbed and shot outside her constituency office in Birstall, West Yorkshire, in June 2016 by a man who shouted 'Britain First'.
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