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After the election video, the next discussion: Laschet's sentence about murder at a gas station is causing a stir

2021-09-22T13:28:16.873Z


The murder of a 20-year-old in Idar-Oberstein causes horror. Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet stumbled upon a formulation in his reaction to the act,


The murder of a 20-year-old in Idar-Oberstein causes horror.

Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet stumbled upon a formulation in his reaction to the act,

Stralsund - The murder of a 20-year-old student and petrol station employee in Idar-Oberstein in Rhineland-Palatinate triggers nationwide horror. The alleged backgrounds make you stunned. According to the public prosecutor's office, the 49-year-old suspect stated that the circumstances caused him to “want to set an example” due to the restrictions resulting from the corona pandemic. Apparently, the 20-year-old did not want to use it because of the lack of mouth and nose protection.

An act that has a political dimension shortly before the federal election. Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of the state, criticized that the murder on the Internet was being instrumentalized by corona deniers and lateral thinkers. "Anyone who justifies or welcomes a murder prepares the breeding ground for violence," said Dreyer clearly. The Chancellor candidates also reacted to the terrifying act. Annalena Baerbock (The Greens) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) published statements in which they expressed their concern. But the reaction of Armin Lasche partially heated the minds.

One could laugh at the inexperienced statement of a cognitively overwhelmed politician, if it weren't so sad: Armin #Laschet spoke about the murder of the gas station cashier by a mask refuser and said: "We ask everyone to stop doing that".

- Lorenz Meyer (@shengfui) September 21, 2021

 Laschet's sentence about murder at a gas station heats the mind - the context of the excitement

First a CDU election video, then an unsuccessful formulation during an appearance. The week before the general election on Sunday is bumpy for Laschet. A new YouTube video of the official party channel, in which a lateral thinker can be seen, caused a scandal. Thereupon criticism rained from other politicians. Janosch Dahmen von den Grünen wrote: “On the same day that a citizen was murdered in Idar-Oberstein to enforce the mask requirement, the CDU published a spot with a lateral thinker. This video is a mockery of everyone who is fighting the virus with solidarity and commitment. "

The video was followed by Armin Laschet's campaign appearance on Tuesday (September 21) in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, together with Chancellor Angela Merkel. An important appointment for the Union politician with the Chancellor, who has been very cautious in the election campaign. The attempt to win over the undecided over the last few meters before the election. But there is one sentence in particular that sticks: “Today (

editor's note: The crime already happened on Saturday, September 18)

is a 20-year-old young man at a gas station in Idar-Oberstein who is only at the cash register and someone pointed out that he should please wear a mask that was murdered by him. We do not want this violence in our country. We condemn this aggression and urge everyone to stop. "

Today is probably the most underground day in the CDU election campaign so far: shortly after the murder by a right-wing mask refuser in #IdarOberstein, first a promotional video with a well-known right-wing figure in the conspiracy scene, with whom one had to talk, and then this appearance by Laschet.

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- Annika Brockschmidt (@ardenthistorian) September 21, 2021

Murder in Idar-Oberstein: CDU Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet criticized for statement

“Ask everyone to stop” - this phrase in particular was a stumbling block.

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journalist Lorenz Meyer tweeted: “You could laugh at the inexperienced statement of a cognitively overwhelmed politician if it weren't so sad: Armin #Laschet talked about the murder of the gas station cashier by a mask refuser and said: 'We challenge everyone 'Let it go'. ”The credo of many comments: Such a formulation in the face of murder is inappropriate. His critics found his statement too slack.

Nonetheless: On another occasion, Laschet made it clear that he was taking the deed in Rhineland-Palatinate seriously.

“A terrible action.

I think of the victim's family.

And that shows that we have to lead the debates in Germany objectively - and that all this aggression and all this violence, also in tone, has to come to an end, "said the Union Chancellor candidate to the world television broadcaster.

He also added: “Violence is not a means.

It's horrible what we saw there. "

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Source: merkur

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