For the first time since the Nazis terrorized Europe, Germany’s hard-right party has won a state election.
No less than Arizona’s own state Sen. Wendy Rogers celebrated the extremists’ win on Sunday … with the anthem of Adolf Hitler.
We in Arizona are shocked … not at all.
“Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,” Rogers posted on social media, after the Alternative for Germany party racked up wins in two state elections over the weekend.
The words — Germany, Germany above all — were written as a call for unity in the 1800s and later adopted as part of the country’s national anthem. But they became the Nazis’ rallying cry, as they claimed their superiority, and were removed from the anthem after World War II.
She’s built a national following as she rants about election conspiracies and George Soros and the cabal of Jews, journalists, political elites and other nefarious characters who plot to create a New World Order.
PragDem
Article URL : https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/09/03/wendy-rogers-nazi-german-election/75061197007/