Politicians usually try to convince their potential voters with arguments – sometimes with small gifts at polling stations. AfD politician Lena Kotré distributed as gifts something unusual – a so-called KubotanIt is a metal pin about 15 centimeters long with a pointed and a blunt side, as the BZ, Taz and Der Spiegel reported.
The 38-year-old member of the state parliament, who is running in the Brandenburg constituency of Barnim on the outskirts of Berlin, has been criticized for her action.
Every day we hear about knife attacks and fights, she said in a Facebook video and then presented the “Lena-Kotré-Kubotan”. With this citizens could “defend themselves”. She then explains how to use it as a weapon.
The post is flooded with critical comments, with one user writing that it is an active call to use a weapon that is banned in many countries, “so this is what the AfD’s solutions look like.” Another user believes that this is a “murder weapon, not a toy.”
This is not the first faux pas of the AfD politician in the Brandenburg election campaign. For example, after the Attack in Solingen a ban on refugees attending public events. She is also planning to privatize the deportation process with container prisons. (ams)
