The DUP leader has branded Sinn Fein’s White House boycott as “reckless” as the party confirmed its Stormont deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly will attend St Patrick’s events in Washington DC if invited.
Mr Robinson said the fact Ms O’Neill went to Dublin to make the announcement alongside her party leader Mary Lou McDonald “speaks volumes about where Northern Ireland sits as a priority for Sinn Fein”.
Gavin Robinson questioned how Sinn Fein First Minister Michelle O’Neill’s decision to stay away from the US capital matched in with her oft-repeated pledge to be a ‘First Minister for all’.
The Sinn Fein vice president informed her DUP partner in government on Friday morning that she would be declining any invitation this year in protest at US President Donald Trump’s stance on the Gaza conflict.
“We always use the opportunity to strengthen Northern Ireland’s economic and political ties with the United States, regardless of who occupies the White House.
