Brexit Leader Nigel Farage To Attend GOP Cleveland Convention
BRUSSELS — Brexit advocate Nigel Farage will attend next week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland, saying the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union holds lessons for America.
"Having criticized President Obama for getting involved in British politics, I am not about to endorse anybody," Farage told USA TODAY on Tuesday. "But I do know a lot of people in the Republican Party, and I'll be interested to hear what Donald Trump has to say in his big speech."
Farage, former leader of Britain's right-wing U.K. Independence Party, said he will attend the GOP convention as an observer. He did not elaborate on what lessons the British referendum held for America and did not say who invited him to the convention.
"It was not Trump," he said outside his office here in the European Parliament.
Obama drew criticism when he commented about the United Kingdom's referendum in April during a trip to London, warning that the nation would find itself at the "back of the queue" for a trade deal with the United States if it left the European Union. The 28 nations in the EU have an alliance-wide, tariff-free trade arrangement that enables them to reach the bloc's 500 million citizens.
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At least they finally got an RSVP in the + column!
it is USA today! And, I know - Huffington Post.
