Anwar condemns Trump supporters for storming US Capitol building


PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) has condemned protestors who stormed the US Capitol building, saying they were nothing but “an angry mob.”

He also criticised Donald Trump for making a speech during a rally earlier that was filled with “insightful language and war-like rhetoric” that many of those in attendance went on to take part in the attack.

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