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Scotland must stand against Trump

Patrick Harvie questions the First Minister on his relationship with Trump

Scotland must stand in solidarity with the communities who will be attacked by the racist, bigoted and authoritarian agenda of US President-elect Donald Trump, say the Scottish Greens.

Speaking at First Minister’s Questions, the party’s co-leader, Patrick Harvie, condemned the Scottish Government’s decision to congratulate Mr Trump on his election and to push for close social and cultural ties with his administration.

In a question to the First Minister, Mr Harvie said:

“Yesterday the First Minister offered his congratulations to the convicted felon Donald Trump on his re-election.

“Writing officially, on behalf of the Scottish Government, he wrote that he is sure Scotland's cultural and social ties with the US will flourish during the presidency of a misogynist, a climate denier, a fraudster, a conspiracy monger, a racist, a far right politician who tried to overturn an election result both by covert threats and by inciting violence.

“Words fail me.

“What social and cultural ties does the First Minister really think will benefit from a relationship with such a man? And what has the First Minister done so far to offer empathy and solidarity to those marginalised and vulnerable people most directly threatened by a second Trump term?”