The far-right AfD, backed by JD Vance and Elon Musk, took nearly 20 percent for second in the German federal elections Sunday, exit polls suggest. Mainstream parties plan to form a coalition without them // Kate Brady Bill Booth @mradamtaylor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... - ThreadSky

matthewhaybrown.bsky.social • 29 days ago

The far-right AfD, backed by JD Vance and Elon Musk, took nearly 20 percent for second in the German federal elections Sunday, exit polls suggest. Mainstream parties plan to form a coalition without them // Kate Brady Bill Booth @mradamtaylor.bsky.social
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/23/german-election-results/

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sfor4th.bsky.social•29 days ago

Always more than is comfortable, but more important, less than predicted. Seems Elon/Trump turned people away from AfD

courtjezter84.bsky.social•29 days ago

Cheifs famously come in 2nd place at 2025 Super Bowl

rejectauthority.bsky.social•29 days ago

Musk needs to stay in Germany

nisamdon.bsky.social•29 days ago

Die lesbische AfD-Lügnerin, die gegen LGBTQ*-Rechte ist, gewinnt Wahlen? Unfassbar.

sibylle.bsky.social•29 days ago

oh please spare me this ugly face of hypocrcrisy

matthewhaybrown.bsky.social•29 days ago

The AfD took roughly 20 percent of the vote, up 7 points from 2021, within 10 points from winning a plurality. If you oppose the AfD, this is cause for concern, not celebration

pedro415.bsky.social•29 days ago

80% rejected AfD

drekarbt.bsky.social•29 days ago

“Surging” to a whopping 20%. 🤡

fluteoftheloon.bsky.social•29 days ago

They are the second strongest party now, you clown. They gained almost 10% from the last general election, which is fucking scary. One or two more and they might win it.

drekarbt.bsky.social•29 days ago

Yes they gained, yes they are a threat, but 80% of electorate did not vote for them. Context matters is my point. I’m on your side. Unlike our broken government, a coalition is needed, of which they may be boxed-out, at least

edsaslaw.bsky.social•29 days ago

I wouldn't oversell this. They came in a little lower than expected.

mantione.bsky.social•29 days ago

Thiel, Musk, Vance, and other far right tech bros and enables. Check Thiel biography; reread Hillbilly Elegy to see how Vance threw Appalachia and rural Ohio under the bus; and learn how Musk's grandparents favored Nazi's & moved to South African specifically because they agreed with apartheid.

30bob.bsky.social•29 days ago

Is that all - a Musk and Vance failure. A German success story for democracy with 80% of the voting age population. Unlike America 's feeble 63%.

hikeitup.bsky.social•29 days ago

Putin is winning.

liwill.bsky.social•29 days ago

And they have a few to chose from.

GERMAN ELECTIONS polls just released:
CDU-CSU (conservatives):≈29%
AFD (far-right):≈20%
SPD (socialdems, center-left):≈16%
Greens (center-left):≈13%
Die Linke (left):≈9%
BSW (left w/ anti-immigrant lane):≈5%
FDP (free-market right):≈5%.

elizajayne.bsky.social•29 days ago

Oh Matthew, you're on the wrong side of history by trying to help the Nazis rise again. Shame on you!

andreariemerauthor.bsky.social•29 days ago

They made exactly the forecast! 80 % did NOT vote for them. Keep it into perspectives.

lynndaniels.bsky.social•29 days ago

Block this nut job NAZI lover @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social

lynndaniels.bsky.social•29 days ago

Now I see why the made up article is posted!! @washingtonpost.com strikes again!

lynndaniels.bsky.social•29 days ago

My friends from Germany would be outraged with this statement. DO BETTER!!!

dhastings437.bsky.social•29 days ago

The establishment political parties, Left & Right, put the people in Europe through a terrible time, economically, the last thirty years (Neoliberal, "Austerity", etc). That's why the far Right is more popular now.
We've had the same policies here and now we have Free Market Fascism with Trump/Musk

peterg83.bsky.social•29 days ago

This is such a disingenuous take - they underperformed…

rosiejoh.bsky.social•29 days ago

80% of voters didn't want them.

peterg83.bsky.social•29 days ago

Bezos wont like his lackies writing that - will displease his new nut job masters

bobtheguardian.bsky.social•29 days ago

The afd was told to go fuck itself yet wapo whitewashes it.

18thcenturyboy.bsky.social•29 days ago

Corrent take:
"The German Nazi party AfD, backed by the US Nazis JD Vance and Elon Musk..."

moodyjudyblue.bsky.social•29 days ago

WaPo sucks!! I canceled my life long subscription because of posts like this. Over 80% REJECTED the AfD. Try that.

katzemithut.bsky.social•29 days ago

please face and fight against that international fascist network - it EXISTS - it s the same networks behind Orban (AfD) or Project 2025- and it reminds a lot of Gelli's P2! It s what we are facing. I am warning & writing about it since 14 years. (>now InstaReels)

margotsibley25.bsky.social•29 days ago

Thank goodness!

broxton8r.bsky.social•29 days ago

I mean that’s literally not what any German commentators are saying but you do you….

jcurzon.bsky.social•29 days ago

Sad to see so much of the world
Moving to the far right as if they have forgotten all the lessons of history

stylemartian444.bsky.social•29 days ago

"The far-right AfD, backed by JD Vance and Elon Musk, got their asses handed to them."

pinogap.bsky.social•29 days ago

When youre trying to publicly silver line for Nazis, maybe reevaluate your life choices.

lllsevlll.bsky.social•28 days ago

Not great, however, if you follow German politics, you know that AfD had around 20% support for the last 2 years and Vance/Musk push didn’t actually bring them any additional votes, but rather mobilized their opposition and let Green party pass the 5% barrier

lllsevlll.bsky.social•28 days ago

Sorry, helped the left party pass the barrier, not the green. But helped the green party get more votes too.

joefromla.bsky.social•29 days ago

Only 10% less than Hitler.

ericaspen.bsky.social•29 days ago

Well, that's in interesting way to frame this. And people wonder why readers are losing faith in newsmedia.

philippeauclair.bsky.social•29 days ago

Using a picture of a beaming AfD leader when the far-right has done well under what polls had predicted - and Musk and Putin had hoped - is bizarre, to say the least.

cherylprice.bsky.social•29 days ago

So 80% of the voters rejected them? That is some good work for fascism up there.

chrisneu.bsky.social•29 days ago

Hopefully without AFD

copybot.bsky.social•29 days ago

Definitely without AfD

jansolver.bsky.social•29 days ago

Not good, not good at all.

dummdiedei.bsky.social•29 days ago

No more Nazis; never again.

kgsbca.bsky.social•29 days ago

if the US had a govt that made more parties viable, nazis would get at least 20% of the vote. Almost half either like nazis or don't care if nazis run the US now.

joi36.bsky.social•29 days ago

They didn’t “take nearly 20%”. No. They only got less than 20%. 80+ percent voted for someone else.

suffraga.bsky.social•29 days ago

What does a dishwasher do? Oops! Wrong question. WHAT does JD Vance do?

stoia.bsky.social•29 days ago

This is the take a Nazi would have

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