They call it a poll record – but it's more of a confession. Thirty-two percent for the AfD in Brandenburg, measured by Infratest dimap on behalf of the RBB, is not just a political signal, it is an alarm bell for the democratic fabric of a country currently trying to immunize itself against the right and failing at its own reflexes. Alice Weidel, parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag and undisputed leading figure of a party that prefers staging over explaining, celebrates this circumstance with a tweet that aims for everything – except precision. According to Weidel, the AfD unites more votes than the “government parties combined.” The problem? That’s false. And in a way that can either be described as deliberate deception or as frightening ignorance. Because Brandenburg is currently governed by a so-called Kenya coalition – SPD, CDU, and the Greens. If you add the values of the latest poll, you get: SPD 23% + CDU 14% + Greens 5% = 42%. The AfD stands at 32%. Even if, from a very twisted logic, one were to consider the CDU an opposition party – which it factually is not – it remains true: Weidel’s comparison only works if you generously ignore facts. And that is precisely the strategy. A party that constantly presents itself as a victim must inflate its own victories. Anything else would shatter the illusion.
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