AfD politician dies after infection - previously he spoke of the "corona regime" and "scare tactics"
Created: 12/20/2021, 3:28 PM
From: Delia Friess
The Baden-Württemberg AfD member of the state parliament Bernd Grimmer died as a result of his corona infection.
He previously denied the dangers of the coronavirus.
Stuttgart - The Baden-Württemberg AfD member of the state parliament Bernd Grimmer succumbed to the consequences of his infection with the corona virus *.
Grimmer died on Sunday night (December 19, 2021) of the consequences of Covid-19, announced the state board of AfD Baden-Württemberg on the Grimmer website.
"With him we are not only losing a competent economist, but also a patriot," the message said.
The wife of the 71-year-old AfD politician * also confirmed his death to the Pforzheimer Zeitung.
"He died of Corona after three weeks of illness," said Gabriele Germershausen-Grimmer.
AfD politician Bernd Grimmer: Death after downplaying Corona
It is not yet known whether Grimmer was vaccinated against Corona.
However, Grimmer had previously shown himself to be an opponent of the corona measures.
The AfD politician had previously downplayed the dangers of the corona virus and expressed criticism of the protective measures.
In September 2021, according to information from the AFP news agency, he wrote on his Facebook page that the "Corona regime" could "only be described as sick".
The AfD member of the state parliament Bernd Grimmer died of Covid-19.
Previously, he had downplayed the dangers.
(Archive photo) © Bernd Weißbrod / dpa
He also claimed that it was a matter of "alarmism" and "scaremongering".
On the other hand, he described the Swedish route as “appropriate”, as the news magazine Spiegel reported.
Bernd Grimmer joined the AfD in 2013 and was most recently a member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg.
In the 1980s he was active with the Greens * and then with the Free Voters * before joining the AfD.
Corona: AfD politician died after infection - previously he spoke of "scaremongering"
Some AfD politicians repeatedly attract attention online because they reject the vaccinations against Corona and spread false news about the vaccination.
The AfD also relied on the rejection of the corona measures in its election program for the federal election in 2021 *. *
Alice Weidel, chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group, who claims to have not been vaccinated, also signed the statement from the regional association on Grimmer's death.
It was only on Sunday that Alice Weidel took part in a demonstration against the Corona measures and the Corona vaccinations.
(df / AFP) *
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