Government Uses Attack on Leftist Politician To Blame AfD
Politicians from the right-wing party have suffered the most physical assaults—not that German mainstream media are reporting this.
Politicians from the right-wing party have suffered the most physical assaults—not that German mainstream media are reporting this.
Company has been the target of earlier vandalism, reportedly carried out by leftist Antifa activists.
Tino Chrupalla was reportedly attacked at an election rally in Bavaria soon after co-leader Alice Weidel fled her home after intelligence about an imminent attack.
“[The established parties] fail to recognize that this is a reflection of their bad policies and the fact that the people will no longer tolerate them selling the German people down the river.”
While the Bavarian candidate is under medical observation, the German establishment ponders a ban on the rapidly growing populist party.
Most of those injured were police who were attacked with pyrotechnics and sprayed with fire extinguishers. The altercations come amid record polling for the AfD.
During the debate, members of AfD and Die Linke called into question the federal government’s silence on the attack, with one of the lawmakers suggesting that the ruling coalition is completely subservient to the United States.
The attackers smashed one of the office’s windows and released butyric acid inside of the building, resulting in several people suffering injuries and extensive property damage.
The attack comes a month after Germany’s Federal Interior Ministry released figures which revealed that, for the third consecutive year, members and politicians from the AfD were victimized by political violence more frequently than those of any other party represented in the Bundestag.
Nikolaus Kramer, the AfD group leader for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, condemned the attack on Michael Meister saying: “How did we reach a place in this country where MPs are attacked on the street because of their party membership?”
Politicians from the right-wing party have suffered the most physical assaults—not that German mainstream media are reporting this.
Company has been the target of earlier vandalism, reportedly carried out by leftist Antifa activists.
Tino Chrupalla was reportedly attacked at an election rally in Bavaria soon after co-leader Alice Weidel fled her home after intelligence about an imminent attack.
“[The established parties] fail to recognize that this is a reflection of their bad policies and the fact that the people will no longer tolerate them selling the German people down the river.”
While the Bavarian candidate is under medical observation, the German establishment ponders a ban on the rapidly growing populist party.
Most of those injured were police who were attacked with pyrotechnics and sprayed with fire extinguishers. The altercations come amid record polling for the AfD.
During the debate, members of AfD and Die Linke called into question the federal government’s silence on the attack, with one of the lawmakers suggesting that the ruling coalition is completely subservient to the United States.
The attackers smashed one of the office’s windows and released butyric acid inside of the building, resulting in several people suffering injuries and extensive property damage.
The attack comes a month after Germany’s Federal Interior Ministry released figures which revealed that, for the third consecutive year, members and politicians from the AfD were victimized by political violence more frequently than those of any other party represented in the Bundestag.
Nikolaus Kramer, the AfD group leader for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, condemned the attack on Michael Meister saying: “How did we reach a place in this country where MPs are attacked on the street because of their party membership?”
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