Hillary Clinton launches vicious attack on Nigel Farage after he said at Donald Trump rally he wouldn’t vote her even if she paid him
Democratic nominee blasted the former Ukip boss after he appeared on stage with the controversial billionaire
HILLARY Clinton has launched a vicious attack on Nigel Farage after the outgoing Ukip leader said he would not vote her even if he was paid to.
The Democratic presidential-hopeful blasted Mr Farage after he spoke at a rally for her Republican rival Donald Trump in Mississippi.
He drew parallels between the EU referendum campaign and the controversial billionaire’s bid to take the White House.
But his comment that “if I was an American citizen I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me” prompted an angry response from the former Secretary of State.
Mrs Clinton addressed her own campaign rally in Nevada last night, and turned her fire on the MEP after claiming there were links between Mr Trump and the KKK.
She said: “Just yesterday one of Britain’s most prominent right-wing leaders, a man named Nigel Farage, who stoked anti-immigrant sentiments to win the referendum to have Britain leave the European Union, campaigned with Donald Trump in Mississippi.
“Farage has called for a bar on the children of legal immigrants from public schools and health services, has said women are and I quote ‘worth less’ than men and supports scrapping laws that prevent employers from discriminating based on race.
“That’s who Donald Trump wants by his side when he is addressing an audience of American voters.
“And the grand godfather of this global brand of extreme nationalism is Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“And in fact Farage regularly appears on Russian propaganda programs. Now he’s standing on the same stage as the Republican nominee.”
Using Mr Farage’s comments as part of a wider attack on the ‘alt-right’, she said: “This is part of a broader story.
“The rising tide of hard-line right-wing nationalism around the world.”
But Mr Farage suggested Mrs Clinton’s comments showed she was “running scared”.
He told Breitbart London: “Her attacks on me are completely baseless. She sounds rather like Bob Geldof and can’t accept Brexit.
“Perhaps Mrs Clinton should spend more time speaking to normal, working people in her country than trying to attack me using dodgy half-quotes.”