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Furious Brits have demanded Theresa May axe Donald Trump ’s state visit after he retweeted vile attacks on UK Muslims.

And one MP insisted the US ­President should be charged with a race hate crime if he does arrive.

But cowardly Theresa May refused to scrap Mr Trump’s trip – despite him blasting her anti-terror record by claiming the UK was in the grip of an Islamic jihadi crisis.

His predictable and pathetic response came after the PM said he was wrong to retweet disgusting posts from far-right hate group Britain First , which claimed to show Muslims assaulting people and smashing a virgin Mary statue.

Labour’s Paul Flynn said: “Trump should be arrested for inciting racial hatred if May allows him to set foot on UK soil.”

Fellow MP Stephen Doughty said of the president’s retweets: “By sharing it, he is either a racist, incompetent, or unthinking. Or all three.” Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable branded Mr Trump an “evil racist” and insisted the state visit invitation should be ­withdrawn.

Former Labour Cabinet minister Yvette Cooper said Britain could not “roll out a red carpet and give a platform for the president to sow discord in our ­communities”.

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott urged Mrs May not to give any support to the “distasteful” views of Mr Trump on race, ­migration and Muslim ­communities internationally. She said: “Because to do anything else would be an affront to voters here.”

Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry warned Mr Trump’s tweets had put the Queen in a “very difficult and ­invidious position” as she would host the controversial president during a state visit.

Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Mrs May should cancel the trip and demand an apology on behalf of the British people from the US leader.

Mr Trump had shot back at Mrs May after she slammed him for retweeting three inflammatory videos from Britain First. He wrote: “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive radical Islamic terrorism taking place within the UK. We are doing just fine!”

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But the blundering Republican at first tagged the wrong account – posting his tweet to another woman called Theresa, before realising his mistake and trying again.

The PM said while in Jordan on the final day of her Middle East visit: “Britain First is a hateful ­organisation. It seeks to spread ­division and distrust among ­communities. I am very clear that retweeting Britain First was the wrong thing to do.

“The fact that we work together [with the US] does not mean that we’re afraid to say when we think they have got it wrong. It’s a long-term enduring ­relationship. I am clear that ­relationship should continue, it’s in the ­interests of the UK, the US and the wider world.”

Asked if she would sack any of her ministers for sharing hate, she replied: “I have absolute confidence that my Cabinet ­ministers would not be retweeting material from Britain First.”

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However, despite her rebuke to Mr Trump, she still refused to cancel his state visit – meaning the Queen will have to host a head of state who is clearly prepared to spout vicious racist and ­Islamophobic views.

Mrs May’s judgment had already been called into question as she rushed to invite the ­president on a state visit after becoming the first foreign leader to visit Mr Trump in the US.

But she said: “An ­invitation for a state visit has been extended and has been accepted. We have yet to set a date.” Amber Rudd added: “The invitation for the visit has been extended and accepted but the dates and precise arrangements have yet to be agreed.”

But the Home Secretary, answering an ­emergency question on the ­situation in the Commons, insisted Britain would stand up to Mr Trump if it disagreed with him.

She said: “We will continue to speak freely and frankly when it takes place. President Donald Trump was wrong to retweet videos posted by the

far-right group Britain First.”

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Tory MP Peter Bone said the world would be “a better place” if the PM could persuade Mr Trump to delete his Twitter account, which has more than 40 million followers.

Former ­Conservative minister Tim Loughton added if the social media giant was “genuine in its ­commitment to fight hate crime online” it would scrap the ­president’s account.

In the US, 26 Democrats and ­Republican senators Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham and James Lankford attacked Mr Trump for retweeting hatred from Britain First. Mr Flake called the posts “highly inappropriate”, and Mr Graham said they legitimised the far-right group.

He added: “You don’t want to take a fringe group and elevate their content.”

The twitter posts were initially put out by deputy leader Jayda Fransen . The 31-year-old, from Penge, South East London, has been charged with using “threatening, abusive or insulting words or ­behaviour” over speeches she made at a rally in Belfast.

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Neighbours last night accused Fransen and Britain First leader Paul Golding for bringing their area into disrepute. Publishing consultant James Oliverea, 24, said: “It’s ­embarrassing to share a postcode with her. Not what you want to see your home town in the news for.”

Student Grace Forester, 20, added: “It’s a shame that Theresa May hasn’t done more to condemn Trump’s use of Britain First’s material.

“Britain First is a toxic and dangerous organisation. We need to do more to stop spreading hatred.”

Quizzed by MPs as to why the

race-hate group had not yet been outlawed, Ms Rudd insisted the Government would “always keep under review” which other ­organisations may be proscribed.

She denounced it as “an extremist organisation which seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which spread lies”.

The White House last night showed no sign of apologising for Mr Trump’s inflammatory retweets – despite ­admitting he had no idea who Fransen was. Press secretary Sarah Sanders fled a briefing as she was asked if he watched anti-Muslim videos.

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