Somebodies not going to be invited to the white houses' pot luck.
Boris Johnson is the mayor of London and an influential conservative within the Tory party. The UK’s equivalent to the Tea Party, Tories are well-known for their stubborn disposition and unwillingness to listen to facts. They can’t be reasoned with other than to agree that all Muslims are evil and immigration must be stopped. They are, in essence, the Republicans of the UK.
Johnson, speaking about the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, decided to toss President Obama into the mix, insinuating that his state trip has ulterior motives. The article, which made a reference to Mr. Obama allegedly removing a bust of Winston Churchill from the White House’s Oval Office, said: “Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan president’s ancestral dislike of the British empire – of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender.”
Members of his own party and liberal Labour partiers alike jumped immediately to condemn Johnson’s remarks, calling them racist and offensive. UK leadership in general had issues with how insensitive Johnson had been. Cont.
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