Joe Biden is ‘anti-British’ pro-Irish nationalist, says DUP

The Independent says DUP politicians have attacked Joe Biden as “anti-British” and pro-Irish Republican as they again resisted pressure to resume powersharing at Stormont.

Senior unionist party figures spoke out against the US president as he arrived in Northern Ireland for a brief visit to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

“Joe Biden hates the UK – I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” former DUP first minister of Northern Ireland Dame Arlene Foster told GB News.

DUP MP Sammy Wilson said Mr Biden, a Catholic who had played up his Irish roots, was “anti-British”, adding: “He is pro-republican and he has made his antipathy towards Protestants in particular very well known.”

“He has fully backed the EU in this whole protocol process,” Mr Wilson told The Telegraph. “He’s refusing to come to the coronation [of King Charles]. I don’t think any of us are rushing through the door to greet him.”

Denying the DUP claims, the spokesperson for the US National Security Council said Mr Biden’s “track record shows he is not anti-British”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/joe-biden-anti-british-dup-b2318354.html