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IRISH FAR LEFTIES diss Biden, they don't want him there because of his history as a WAR MONGER. Biden's Speech Boycotted by Irish Lawmakers: 'Far From Being a Peacemaker'
BY DARRAGH ROCHE ON 4/13/23 AT 12:50 PM EDT Quote:Four members of People Before Profit (PBP), plus a Socialist Party lawmaker, have said they will boycott Joe Biden's speech to the Irish parliament.
The left-wing group has strongly criticized the president's stance on major international issues and has spoken out against his record.
Despite this, Amanda Sloat, National Security Council Senior Director for Europe, said Biden "has received an incredibly warm welcome here in Ireland."
Some left-wing Irish lawmakers have boycotted Joe Biden's speech to the country's parliament, and their party has strongly criticized the president's stance on major international issues.
People Before Profit (PBP) had previously announced their intention to boycott the special sitting of Ireland's parliament, while there had previously been concerns about a possible walkout during the President's remarks.
While Biden has received a warm welcome throughout most of his visit to Ireland and Northern Ireland, PBP is in the process of staging a series of events criticizing the President and his policies.
Four members of the Irish lower house of parliament—known as the Dáil—belong to PBP and one of them, Richard Boyd Barrett, told the Irish Mirror on Wednesday that Biden shouldn't "be insulated from criticism or questioning."
Mick Barry, a Socialist Party member of the Irish parliament, also said he would not attend the speech. "There are at least five Dáil deputies boycotting Joe Biden's address to the Oireachtas in protest at US foreign policy. I am proud to be one of them," Barry tweeted on Thursday ahead of Biden's address.
"Far from being a peacemaker, he has a pretty terrible record of supporting all the worst, most militarist stances in U.S. foreign policy over many years," Boyd Barrett said.
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