Tory MPs defend Lee Anderson #shorts
Were they islamophobic those comments well they said they were wrong they were ill judged they weren’t acceptable racist and islamophobic would you use use those words to describe his comments well I already said I wouldn’t use his words but nor am I going to jump and use
Uh an opposition uh racist what he said well look I’m not going to get into a detailed analysis of what he said I don’t believe that Lee is in any way racist was he racist um I don’t think personally that Lee is racist Lee Anderson is a racist the answer to that question
Is no do I think that sometimes he can put his foot in it yes I think what Lee Anderson did was obviously he did that in a very unacceptable and wrong way in a racist but we what we have seen
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22 comments
There is no such thing as Islamophobia. Islam is a religion not a race.
No such thing as islamaphobia
No they werent
But imagine if the comments were anti-semitic then it would be a whole different ball game
NOBODY CARES
ALL OK FOR THEM MUSLIMS TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT.
KICK THEM ALL OUT GOVERNMENT INC!
Lee Anderson is spot on right
He doesnt have the balls to say anything 😂
double standard.
I'm not voting tories ever again.
Ridiculous..Anderson is correct..
TORY PARTY IS BASED ON RACISM.
No it wasn't racist
😂😂😂😂😂 islam will never teach you to go destroy british 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ can't say the same for uk's elites/politicians/whatever throughout histories 😒😒😒
😂 but if it was anti semitic they'd be shouting from the rooftops 😂 gaslighting liars in government.
Isralie puppet
They're all a bunch of bigots.
Why were they wrong
Lee Anderson’s is a Chad
Tool
2 billion followers and still growing!
It’s a religion not a race get over it
Tory filth.
Yes , he is and not on the receiving end.