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Brexit Hero Nigel Farage to Speak at Mississippi Trump Rally

© AFP 2023 / Oli ScarffUK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, reacts as he addresses delegates during his keynote speech to the UKIP National Conference at Doncaster Racecourse, in Doncaster, northern England on September 25, 2015.
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, reacts as he addresses delegates during his keynote speech to the UKIP National Conference at Doncaster Racecourse, in Doncaster, northern England on September 25, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Nigel Farage, former head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), has announced that he will deliver a speech on the Brexit referendum at a Donald Trump rally in Mississippi.

Nearly 10,000 supporters are expected to attend the Republican presidential nominee's election rally on Wednesday night. Farage, known as an anti-immigration politician and pro-Brexit campaigner, intends to address the crowd, according to a spokesman.

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The British politician earlier said that taking Britain out of the EU was the main ambition of his 25-year political career. He sees the historic Brexit vote as a victory of little people against "establishment" politics, and, during his appearance, plans to "tell the story of the Brexit campaign" and share lessons he learned along the way.

Trump described the successful Brexit endeavor as a "great victory," saying that the referendum result was similar to the outcome of his own populist campaign in the primaries. Trump, who referred to himself last week as "Mr Brexit," said that his goal is to mobilize a similar demographic, those disillusioned with what he labeled the globalist elites.

"The Republican activists and managers here are keen to hear…how we managed to get 2.5 million people who don't normally vote at all to go down to the polling station," the UKIP MEP told the Daily Telegraph.

"If the Trump camp reaches out to those same people who have been disadvantaged by corporatism, undercutting wages, a lot of strong similarities to the United Kingdom, then it does not matter what the polls say, what the liberal media say. In the end, elections are won by numbers."

​Farage stressed that he does not endorse Donald Trump, as it would be inappropriate for a foreigner to intervene in another country's election, referring to Barack Obama's attempts to get UK citizens to vote to Remain.

"I'm not going to tell people who to vote for," Farage said in an interview, "All I'm saying is that I wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton if she paid me!"

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