Dutch populist Geert Wilders talks of Moroccan 'scum'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Mr Wilders tops opinion polls ahead of the 15 March parliamentary vote, but has seen his lead reduced in recent weeks.

He has vowed to ban Muslim immigration and shut mosques if he wins.

His latest comments come two months after he was convicted in a hate speech trial over his promise to reduce the number of Moroccans in the country.
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"There is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who make the streets unsafe," he said. "If you want to regain your country, make the Netherlands for the people of the Netherlands again, then you can only vote for one party."


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39016179

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"Mr Wilders' championing of Donald Trump is having a negative effect on his poll ratings"

Using Trump's tactics too - kick off your campaign by slandering an entire nation.

[Orrex]

1. Wasn't this asshole the villain in Lethal Weapon Part Deux?

[Eugene]

2. And some, I assume, are good people...

This time it was "...once again not all are scum..." and

Muslim ban: check

Take the country back: Make Holland Ours Again ...check

Build a wall: impractical, but give him time


The Trump/populist playbook minus the euphemisms
and dog whistles.

[DFW]

3. What a dolt

The radical right is always so full of themselves, they always mess up their message with their ego-mania.

There IS a lot of anti-Moroccan sentiment in Holland these days, and not all of it is unjustified, but one thing dwarfs anti-Moroccan sentiment in the Netherlands, and that is anti-Trump sentiment. Cozy up to Trump just about anywhere in Europe (except Hungary), and no matter how catchy your message may be in other aspects, it falls flat the moment you mention Trump.