Farage branded ‘Putin-loving impostor’ in testy US Congress session
Nigel Farage slammed as a “Trump sycophant” during tense US testimony, while defending UK free speech and denouncing Britain’s “authoritarian” Online Safety Act.
What you need to know
🔹 Nigel Farage told US lawmakers the UK Online Safety Act threatens free expression.
🔹 Farage was criticised in Congress as a “Putin-loving” Trump ally and a fringe figure.
🔹 He defended Reform UK’s anti-immigration stance and denied links to Elon Musk.
N igel Farage found himself in the crosshairs of US lawmakers this week, accused of being a “free speech impostor” and a “Trump sycophant” during a charged testimony before Congress on online censorship.
Appearing before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, the leader of Reform UK was invited to speak on what he labelled the UK’s “descent into authoritarianism” under its new Online Safety Act. The act gives media regulator Ofcom sweeping powers to police digital content — powers Farage described as “extraordinary and arbitrary”.
But the former MEP’s US visit came at a political cost. Farage missed Prime Minister’s Questions in Westminster to testify in Washington — an absence seized upon by his critics. “He should be in Parliament defending his views, not grandstanding in Congress,” said Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin.
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