Tag: Farright
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Far-right congressman suggests N.C. legislature should consider handing electors to Trump on Election Day
WASHINGTON — The newly elected chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Andy Harris, suggested that North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state legislature should consider awarding the state’s electors to Donald Trump before all votes are counted, according to a video of his remarks posted on social media on Friday. Citing North Carolina counties hit by…
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Austria election results: Far-right FPO wins
A far-right party founded by former Nazis appeared to have won Austria’s election Sunday, in a result that could reshape Europe’s political landscape and help tilt the balance of power between Russia and the West. Projections from ORF public television based on exit polls suggest that the pro-Russia, anti-immigration Freedom Party, or FPÖ, has finished…
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German voters fend off far-right in latest state vote, early results suggest
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far-right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) throughout the campaign, initial official figures showed. The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of…
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Far-right group that invokes Nazi past on track for more state election success in Germany
Polls opened on Sunday in the German state of Brandenburg, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to finish first, aiming to build on recent successes in other eastern states and surpass Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in this traditional stronghold. The AfD became the first far-right party to win a state election…