Response to speech in Essen
Chancellor Scholz counters heckling: “Just because you yell loudly doesn’t mean you’re right”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his speech at the start of the SPD state election campaign on Saturday in Essen
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You don’t know him that emotionally: Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) reacted to whistles and disturbances in a speech about the solidarity of people in the Corona crisis and with the refugees from Ukraine. With remarkable sentences.
At the start of the SPD state election campaign on Saturday in Essen, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) verbally attacked a group of suspected Corona critics.
The Chancellor said he was proud of the solidarity of the citizens with the refugees from Ukraine. Solidarity also applies “when we talk about health. When we talk about how we can protect each other. For example, during the whole time of the corona pandemic,” explained Scholz, while whistles and heckling got louder and louder.
“And I’m saying that because there are people shouting out loud: Hello! Shout out, because that’s what we’re fighting for and what the citizens of Ukraine are fighting for. That you can speak your mind out loud without having to be afraid .”
Scholz directed the focus to freedom of expression in a democracy like Germany: “That’s why I don’t accept the evil cynicism with which some say that you can’t express your opinion on this topic here. It’s a lie! Look around at the dictatorships in this world, then you know what that means,” exclaimed the 63-year-old.
“Just because you’re shouting loudly doesn’t mean you’re right. You need a few arguments for that. And one of these arguments is that the corona pandemic is a great threat to all of humanity.”