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U.S. conservatives overjoyed their British counterparts embraced xenophobia and voted for #Brexit -- and take to Twitter to gloat

Strangely, none of the conservatives mentioned race as a possible motivation, despite its obvious import
Scott Eric Kaufman
June 24, 2016 7:27PM (UTC)

Conservatives on the American side of the pond were quick to praise their British counterparts for voting to "Leave" the European Union for reasons that sound quite a bit like those espoused by a certain Republican presidential candidate:

At least the actual Nazis at VDare are happy:

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As is this guy:

Some are even suggesting similar measures be taken should Hillary Clinton win in November:


Scott Eric Kaufman

Scott Eric Kaufman is an assistant editor at Salon. He taught at a university, but then thought better of it. Follow him at @scottekaufman or email him at skaufman@salon.com.

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