'Frankly disgraceful': British politicians implode after Trump official meets with Tommy Robinson
Robinson is an outspoken critic of mass immigration and Islam.
An adviser at the U.S. State Department posted photographs from a visit from right-wing U.K. activist Tommy Robinson on Wednesday and outraged many politicians across the pond.
Joe Rittenhouse, a senior adviser at the Consular Affairs bureau of the State Department, posted the images and called Robinson a "free speech warrior."
'We need to engage this administration on the difference between that and incitement to violence and racial hatred.'
British politicians immediately lambasted the visit as an affront to U.S-U.K. relations. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has a history of criminal convictions related to his activism against mass immigration and Islam.
"The World and the West is a better place when we fight for freedom of speech and no one has been on the front lines more than Tommy," Rittenhouse added. "Good to see you my friend!"
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