Vance goes to Germany’s far-right, scolding EU leaders for not interacting with extremists
Another disturbing gap is another tacit gap with Vice President JD Vance’s tacit support for the far-right parties in Germany. On Friday, he met with leaders of the German extremist alternative to Munich, but he had no intolerance to different views before scolding European leaders.
His office confirmed Vance’s first international trip as vice president this week, refusing to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and instead privately with AFD co-leader Alice, his office confirmed ·Alice Weidel meets. At the end of last year, Saltz deliberately failed a vote of distrust in the German parliament, forcing a quick election later this month. Weidel, the AFD candidate for prime minister, appears to be expected to help shape any alliance formed in the results.
Vance’s meeting with Weidel comes the day after he scolded European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, which avoided far-right parties in its country, effectively preventing them from gaining behind a political firewall. Too much power. Vance has picked out leaders who German leaders refused to interact with the AFD and said freedom of speech is more restrictive than Russia or China’s actions.
“For many of us on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, it looks increasingly like the old, deeply rooted interests, hidden behind ugly Soviet-era words like false information and false information, they simply don’t like someone having alternatives The opinion of the person may express the thoughts Vance said: “Another opinion, or God forbids to vote in a different way, or even worse, win the election. ”
The infamous vice president, who mocked a portion of female voters in the United States, went on to say that democracy cannot survive by refuting voters’ concerns as “ineffective or not considering being considered.” ”
“If you worry about your voters, there is nothing the United States can do about you and there is nothing to do for the American people,” he said.
According to the New York Times, Vance’s speech encountered a shocked silence of attendees.
However, as Vance scolded European leaders for stifling freedom of speech without involving “alternative views”, the Trump administration continued to quickly build changes across the federal government, with critics saying undermining free expression and punishing those who disagree Viewpoint.
These actions include removing references to trans and non-binary people in government agencies; eliminating federal diversity programs; threatening to expel students protesting Israeli attacks on Gaza; banning books in schools serving military families; and directing The Federal Communications Commission filed complaints against media that did not favorably report to the president.
This article was originally published on msnbc.com
