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Europe’s populists use Trump shooting to slam the left
Likewise, in Italy, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini blamed the shooting on “certain violent tones of the left.” “It happened in the USA, it also happened in Italy against Berlusconi,” he said, referring to an assault on former Italian Prime Minister …