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Söder: "The Bad Touch" in the background
Photo: Fabian Sommer / dpa
The CSU has deleted a controversial clip with its party leader Markus Söder on the TikTok video platform.
The eight-second spot was actually only supposed to advertise a question and answer session on the platform.
The video initially showed young women looking obviously surprised and then a hard cut to Söder, who was sitting at a desk.
The song "The Bad Touch" by the US band Bloodhound Gang can be heard in the background, which is less about political issues and more about the singer's unmistakable and offensive request to a woman to have sex.
This had caused critical voices and outrage on social networks.
"The ironically intended clip was posted by the young social media team of the state leadership on the party's TikTok channel.
The party chairman had no knowledge of it," said a CSU spokesman when asked about the news agency dpa.
After the party leadership found out about the video, "immediate deletion" was arranged.
»We very much regret any misunderstandings or injuries.«
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