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Prime Minister Luxon calls for civility as US election stokes division

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Publish Date
Wed, 24 Jul 2024, 2:33pm
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Prime Minister Luxon calls for civility as US election stokes division

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Jul 2024, 2:33pm

The Prime Minister says the US's political polarisation could be a lesson for New Zealand.

An attempt was made to assassinate Donald Trump this month, and Joe Biden dropped out of the Presidential race over the weekend.

Chris Luxon recently met Biden at NATO.

He says he expects the election will be close, with voters very locked into one side or another.

"It's a reminder in some ways that we must maintain civility in our politics. Yes, we have an MMP environment, yes we have political parties with lots of different political views... we want to maintain civility." 

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