SPD Demands Exclusion: AfD MP Is Said to Have Shown "White Power" Symbol in Landtag
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Many AfD politicians deny being extreme right. Others make public efforts not to act like that. Tommy Thormann apparently does not belong to it. SPD and Greens accuse him of showing the "White Power" gesture. The party plays down the incident.
The AfD member Tommy Thormann shows himself in a video in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In the end he makes an ambiguous gesture. SPD, Greens and Left demand consequences.
In the constituent session of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the AfD politician Thormann showed a controversial gesture. This now provides for discussions.
Tommy Thormann, a member of parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has been accused of displaying a sign associated with racial supremacy in the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which has caused outrage from other parties, FENA reports.
Shortly after the first session of the new Landtag, the AfD Group has to deal with a dubious appearance by its deputy Thormann. The 31-year-old had shown the racist white power gesture in parliament and spread it on his social media channels.
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