Brightonians scrolling through their Twitter feed were in for some quality entertainment yesterday when Caroline Lucas delivered a sassy clap back to notoriously argumentative right-wing columnist Katie Hopkins.
It all started with a recent column by Hopkins slating the parliamentary debate on President Trump’s state visit to the UK. In the article, she suggests the debate was a waste of time and taxpayer’s money.
When Hopkins tweeted the article, which includes a close-up photo of Lucas speaking at an anti-Trump rally, she singled out the Green Party MP.
“Caroline Lucas spoke for vegan lesbians of Brighton hoping to deny Trump a state visit because he likes burgers,” Hopkins’ original Tweet read.
Lucas, who has called Trump a “racist bigot“, had this response:
Lesbians. Vegans. Bi people. Gay people. Trans people. People of colour + everyone else! It's Modern Britain @KTHopkins, get over it. https://t.co/QSnG0a05Nj
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) February 21, 2017
Hopkins then started grasping at straws:
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/834070798205874177
Before Lucas finally got the (very sassy) last word:
U OK hun? https://t.co/ibR1aoDS3t
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) February 21, 2017
Lucas’s final comment has gone down a treat with her followers:
@KTHopkins Nothing to do with "cheeseburgers" and everything to do with misogyny, sexual assault and narcissism.
— The_Lisburn_Busker (@RamblingRingo) February 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/sinisterpics/status/834093887438331904
QUEEN
OF
ENGLAND— garlico (@rhysjharding) February 21, 2017
Numerous responses to Lucas bought up Hopkins’ previous promises to emigrate to the USA if Trump won the elections.
https://twitter.com/ReevesTP/status/834090582658207746
