Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s public endorsement of Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election has caused a backlash on social media, with critics arguing the Scottish first minister should keep quiet on American electoral politics.<\/p>\n
In a column for the Sunday Mail, the SNP leader wrote she \u201cfervently hopes\u201d<\/em> Clinton beats Republican rival Donald Trump in Tuesday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n \u201cHer election would be a result which was warmly welcomed around the globe but would also mark the shattering of the glass ceiling in terms of equality for women,\u201d<\/em> Sturgeon wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is not perfect \u2013 what politician, anywhere, is?\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n However, when Sturgeon posted the #ImWithHer slogan on her official Facebook page, users of the social media site were quick to voice their disapproval, arguing the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader did not speak for the people of Scotland.<\/p>\n \u201cI really hope someone at the SNP media office is taking note of these comments. Scotland does not support Hillary Clinton, this post should be removed as it’s an insult to us all,\u201d<\/em> one Facebook user said.<\/p>\n \u201cTruly shocked at the First Minister stating a personal opinion. You do not speak for Scotland but for yourself. You are in a position of power, First Minister, and you would do well to remember that,\u201d<\/em> another added.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Theresa May caught flak after a Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday the prime minister wished both Trump and Clinton luck in Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said of the comments: \u201cDonald Trump is not just mad and bad but he\u2019s also dangerous. Why would you wish him luck?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI have never seen anyone so unworthy of the office of the presidency in history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s public endorsement of Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election has caused a backlash on social media, with critics arguing the Scottish first minister should keep quiet on American electoral politics. In a column for the Sunday Mail, the SNP leader wrote she \u201cfervently hopes\u201d Clinton beats Republican rival Donald Trump in Tuesday\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}