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Nigel Farage has said Reform's ex-chairman made "one small mistake" by liking an antisemitic societal media station astir elder Tory Robert Jenrick and his Jewish wife.
Asked to respond to Mr Jenrick calling for Zia Yusuf, who heads up Reform's 'DOGE' unit, to beryllium sacked implicit the post, Mr Farage told Sky News: "Everyone makes mistakes.
"Robert Jenrick successful authorities made a batch much mistakes than Zia making 1 small mistake for which helium instantly apologised."
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An anonymous X relationship posted a video appearing to amusement Mr Yusuf's relationship had liked a station connected Friday which said: "Reminder that Jenrick is simply a traitorous Zogbot with a Jewish woman and family."
A Zogbot is slang for a conspiracy mentation claiming that Jews secretly power Western governments.
Mr Yusuf, a multimillionaire businessman, said 1 of his squad "accidentally pressed similar connected an atrocious antisemitic tweet" and said: "I apologise for this."
He said the station is "equally racist against me" arsenic it refers to "brown savages".
"Clearly it was not intentional", helium said arsenic helium claimed the magnitude of antisemitism and racism connected X is "spiralling retired of control".
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But Mr Jenrick said helium calls "bulls***" connected Mr Yusuf's assertion that it was a squad subordinate and a mistake.
"You've spent the past 48 hours calling maine a 'traitor' for not drafting attraction to a leaked spreadsheet with our peculiar forces and MI6 officers' names on," the Conservative tweeted.
"But we're meant to judge this tweet attacking maine arsenic a traitor for having a Jewish woman and household was liked "accidentally" by "one of the team." You indispensable deliberation we're each thick.
"No. The disguise has slipped. Likes are private. You thought cipher would ever know. Unfortunately for you, the racist relationship who posted the tweet and could spot the likes exposed you.
"Reform should springiness you the boot."
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