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Monday, September 28, 2020
According to a television documentary, the former spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group proposed in February that they “shoot” or “gas” the migrants. Now the parliamentary group AfD reacts and expels Christian Lüth.
The board of the AfD parliamentary group has fired its former spokesman Christian Lüth without notice. A party spokesman has now confirmed information from ntv, according to which the leader of the faction, Alexander Gauland, had announced the decision at the group meeting. According to information from ntv, the decision was unanimous. The background is inhumane comments about the migrants in a television documentary Lüth is said to have made according to previously unconfirmed reports.
According to a report by “Die Zeit”, Lüth suggested in a conversation with a journalist in February that migrants who had entered Germany could be shot or gassed. The conversation with youtuber Lisa Licentia was recorded on February 23 in a Berlin bar by hidden cameras from the Pro Sieben station. According to the report, Lüth wrote to the right-wing influencer several times on Twitter and asked for a meeting. What I didn’t know: Licentia was planning to get out of the right-wing scene back then and was already working with journalist Thilo Mischke for a documentary for ProSieben station.
“The worse Germany is doing, the better for the AfD”
Lüth said in the conversation: “The worse Germany does, the better for the AfD. Of course, that sucks, also for our children (…) But that will probably keep us going.” In the later course, he talks about the AfD having to come up with a “tactic” between “How bad can it be for Germany? And: How much can we provoke?” All of this was discussed with the leader of the party at the time, Alexander Gauland. Licentia then asks if the AfD is interested in more immigrants coming to Germany. Lüth replied: “Yes. Because then the AfD will be better. We can still shoot everyone afterwards. That’s not a problem. Or gas, or whatever you want. I don’t care!”
Lüth has held senior positions in the party since the AfD was founded seven years ago. He was first party spokesperson, then spokesperson for the parliamentary group. He is considered a close confidant of the honorary party chairman, Gauland. In April, he was relieved of his duties as spokesman due to serious complaints. The reason for this is said to be a “troublesome attitude towards National Socialism”. Furthermore, Lüth called himself a “fascist” several times. Lüth was then granted a permanent license. He was not fired.
“We cannot say what was said at the meeting, which obviously took place,” said current spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group, Marcus Schmidt. The chairman of the AfD parliamentary group, Alexander Gauland, said: “The statements attributed to Mr. Lüth are completely unacceptable and in no way compatible with the objectives and policies of the AfD and the AfD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag.” The claim that “I had only discussed these issues with Lüth or that I even approved of the statements attributed to Mr. Lüth is completely absurd and fictitious,” he added.
