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The council co-leader said protests have left communities and asylum seekers feeling "intimidated" and "threatened", and urged people "not to participate in these gatherings."

Vargas said he is not intimidated and promised to prove that he belongs at this level of competition.

So a lot of people were intimidated by comedy because it can be very dirty — or what they know of it is very dirty — or it can be mean.

"These attempts to intimidate everyday Americans will not stand. We need leadership at this moment that brings the country together," he said.

Green councillor Sam Jones raised wider concerns about flags and said it had "become plausible deniability to say, 'I'm a patriot', when actually what you're trying to do is intimidate people".