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Sat Feb 15, 2025, 05:13 PM Feb 15

German Chancellor Rebukes J.D. Vance [View all]

German Chancellor Rebukes J.D. Vance

February 15, 2025 at 6:56 am EST By Taegan Goddard 115 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/02/15/german-chancellor-rebukes-j-d-vance/

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“Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s imminent elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis 80 years ago,” the New York Times reports.

“A day after Mr. Vance stunned the Munich Security Conference by telling German leaders to drop their so-called firewall and allow the hard-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to enter their federal government, Mr. Scholz accused Mr. Vance of effectively violating a commitment to never again allow Germany to be led by fascists who could repeat the horrors of the Holocaust.”

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