A terror attack in London left four people dead on Wednesday ― but Londoners will have you know they’re not giving in to fear.
After an armed man rammed a vehicle into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and tried to storm the Parliament building, British pundit Katie Hopkins claimed on Fox News that citizens were “cowed” and “afraid.”
.@KTHopkins on UK terror: "People are cowed. People are afraid. And people are not united." #Tucker pic.twitter.com/QNFr4cY996
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 23, 2017
Walid Phares is a controversial pundit who served as a foreign policy adviser for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. On Wednesday, someone ― supposedly Phares ― tweeted from an unverified account that the London attack illustrates how “one man can shut down a city.”
Will be on Tucker on Fox News at 9 AM EST to discuss the terror act in London. "One man can shut down a city.."
— Walid Phares (@WalidPhares) March 22, 2017
It’s not clear whether that tweet is from that real Phares, but either way, Londoners spoke up to let the world know that their city is anything but paralyzed. “If the Nazis dropping bombs every night didn’t stop this city,” a Twitter user wrote, “one man certainly won’t.”
@WalidPhares with respect that's completely wrong-small area of our city is closed off, millions, including politicians going about our work
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) March 23, 2017
This is total nonsense @FoxNews. #Londoners are extremely tough. This woman does not represent #London or the British people. Please stop. https://t.co/b2AwExdcXg
— Liz Jarvis (@LizJarvisUK) March 23, 2017
@FoxNews @KTHopkins This gargoyle is talking nonsense. I am in London. No one is cowed, we are not afraid and we stand together.
— Jack Evans (@Jack4Evanss) March 23, 2017
.@WalidPhares Get real. I work less than 10 mins walk from scene, everything normal this morning. Even yesterday, no disruption
— Willard Foxton (@WillardFoxton) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares No, one man can’t. London carried on. How dare you suggest otherwise.
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares I walked right past Buck Pal last night. If the Nazis dropping bombs every night didn't stop this city, one man certainly won't
— Jane McCallion (@janemccallion) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares Nowhere near. I was in central London all day and this simply did not happen.
— Sali Hughes (@salihughes) March 23, 2017
.@WalidPhares No sir! London mourns its losses; London gives thanks for Keith Palmer's sacrifice. London does not get shut down. EVER.
— Michael Liebreich (@MLiebreich) March 22, 2017
@WalidPhares we were bombed by the IRA, a bigoted lunatic, British born terrorists and we are still here. NOT closed. #LondonIsOpen
— Mark Flannagan (@MarkFlannCEO) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares At 7PM GMT I was in a London restaurant that was so full we shared a table with another couple. You, sir, are an arse.
— Ian of the Shed (@SheddyIan) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares shut down = tube still running, most roads still open, able to walk around like normal no lockdown outside immediate area...
— Jane McCallion (@janemccallion) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares no he didn't! We mourned our people, thank our emergency services and got on with life. London is stronger than this
— m (@MickEgan3) March 22, 2017
@WalidPhares I went out again in Central London last night. Restaurants were full, yoga class was full, I walked to friend's flat. All good.
— Sophie Heawood (@heawood) March 23, 2017
@WalidPhares Total cobblers. I was there. I went home. I did my grocery shopping. Tmrw I work as usual. We all will.
— Jaz (@Jazifer) March 22, 2017
@WalidPhares People were walking around 100m away, 1 tube station was closed and everyone went out on the beer last night. Not shut down.
— Ian McDougall (@IanMcDougall1) March 23, 2017
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