For the umpteenth time attracts a tweet of AfD politician Stephan Brandner various demands for resignation. The reason for this is Brandner's Tweet on AfD-critical statements by Udo Lindenberg, who recently received the Federal Cross of Merit. "Sure, why slobber / drool against us," wrote Brandner on Thursday on Twitter. For this purpose, the MP put a quote from a newspaper article to the award of Lindenberg with the Federal Cross of Merit and added the hashtag "#Judaslohn".
Brandner is Chairman of the Legal Committee in the Bundestag. His comments on Lindenberg "are outrageous, playing with anti-Semitic resentment and are simply unworthy of his position," said the CSU legal politician Volker Ullrich the "Handelsblatt". Britta Haßelmann, first parliamentary director of the parliamentary group of the Greens, wrote on Twitter: "The man is unworthy of a chairman of the Legal Committee and in this capacity, intolerable."
The man is unworthy of a chairman of the Legal Committee and intolerable in this capacity. #NoAFD https://t.co/Me5BId6J7v
- Britta Haßelmann (@BriHasselmann) November 1, 2019The CDU Bundestag deputy Jan-Marco Luczak also called for Brandner's resignation and tweeted that Brandner would lack the necessary dignity and decorum to fill such an important role.
SPD politician Karl Lauterbach described Brandner's tweet as "shame". His "anti-Semitic allusions" are "unbearable and discredit our work and the Bundestag".
Lauterbach himself spoke of "Judas wage" in 2010
Brandner himself used on Twitter to justify his remarks and spread examples of other politicians who have used the word "Judas wage" in the past, including Karl Lauterbach. In 2010, referring to the punishment of defaulting additional contributors planned by the former Minister of Health Philipp Rösler, he had said to the "Kölner Stadtanzeiger": "In future, employers will no longer pay for the cost increases in health care, they will pay the Judas wage by acting as executor to serve for health insurance ".
As Chairman of the Legal Committee in the German Bundestag Brandner is intolerable. His anti-Semitic allusions are unbearable and discredit our work and the Bundestag. A shame https://t.co/rA20KsjQvk
- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) November 1, 2019Already cancellation claims for Brandners Halle tweets
Brandner had recently been criticized for tweeting the extreme right-wing attack on Halle. He had shared a post that said politicians were "lounging" in front of synagogues. This evidently alluded to the public solidarity gatherings in front of the Jewish places of worship. Brandner moved away from this tweet after wide criticism.
In addition, Brandner called the publicist and former vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Michel Friedman, as "German Michel".
As a result, Union, SPD, FDP, Greens and Left in a joint statement in the Legal Committee, the AfD politician from the suitability for the office of chairman from. The council of elders of the Bundestag also dealt with Brandner's behavior. In addition, the German Bar Association (DAV) and the German Lawyers' Association (djb) had demanded Brandners resignation as committee chief.
After an agreement between the political groups, the AfD is in charge of the legal affairs committee. With a deselection Brandner should be replaced by a faction colleagues.