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Swedish Democrat Dennis Askling is dropping all his posts after uttering a series of racist and Nazi formulations in a hidden chat, Expressen reveals. Stock Photography.
Nazi and racist formulations in an occult talk topple Swedish Democrat Dennis Askling, who was on the jury for an anti-racist award.
Upon disclosure on Expressen, he leaves all his political assignments.
Askling works in the parliamentary office of the Swedish Democrats and is the party’s group leader in Haninge. Within the party, he has been described as a name for the future and has been endorsed by the party leadership.
On Tuesday, his political career took a sharp turn, after Expressen reporter David Baas reported on a conversation between Askling and a fellow party member in 2017.
There, Askling uses the phrase “HELL SEGER”, a translation of the Nazis “Sieg heil”. He describes himself as an “Aryan warrior” and tells his party partner that he met with the Nazi NMR, considered by the Säpo as a pro-violence organization, to “discuss his ideology with someone really informed.”
The two friends from the party met in chat about a Russian-born SD member. “We both know which race is at the top. Aryans -> slaves,” Askling writes.
People from the Middle East and North Africa arouse Askling’s indignation: “But whoever comes from Africa smells like shit !!!”
Escape from questions
Expressen is looking for Askling at Haninge town hall for an interview. But Askling doesn’t want to answer questions.
– I don’t know, it’s probably an extremely private context, so I don’t really know exactly what it’s about, he says briefly about the Swedish Nazi phrase “Sieg heil”, before running up a flight of stairs and locking himself in.
Askling returns to Expressen in an email:
“The content does not reflect my views now or then, but I understand of course that the content is disgusting and offensive to the person reading this, because I want to apologize. I strongly dissociate myself from racism and extremism, and I regret writing these things. Many times they are written with affection. “
He claims that trust within the party is damaged and he abandons all his political functions.
“Reprehensible opinions”
The Stockholm Region awards an award of SEK 50,000 for work against xenophobia and racism. Askling was a member of the jury for the award, which will give special priority to efforts that “contribute to countering acts of racist and xenophobic violence.”
“What the SD jury member has revealed about himself is the exact opposite of equal treatment and respect,” says award jury president, regional member Amelie Tarschys Ingre (left), and now asks to SD to take responsibility.
The party’s press manager, Henrik Gustafsson, writes to Expressen:
“The opinions he expresses are reprehensible and completely incompatible with the politics and values of the Swedish Democrats. This is something that does not really belong to our party.” Regarding his post as chancellor, he has been released from work for further handling. and research “.
TT is looking to the party leadership for comment.
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