Looks like the left is going to get the war with Russia they so desperately want.
You know this guy is a nut, right? He has a history of being an anti- semite.
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Antisemitic incidents
On 30 May 2023, Braun disrupted a lecture on the Holocaust by the historian
Jan Grabowski at the
German Historical Institute in Warsaw by invading the room and destroying the event's microphone and speakers. Braun has been quoted accusing Jews of being "
the enemies of Poland" and alleging their desire to undertake a "hostile takeover" of Polish territory and to place ethnic Poles in reservations, an allegory for
Indian reservations.
[34][35][36] Braun has also claimed there exists a plan to turn Poland into a "
Jewish state".
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On 12 December 2023, during the first session of the 10th term of Sejm, he put out a
Hanukkah menorah by spraying it with a
fire extinguisher, saying that "The people participating in the
Satanic cult should be ashamed".
[37][38] Security guards ordered the area to be evacuated because of the resultant white cloud of
aerosol.
[39] He was excluded from the ongoing session of the Sejm, and punished by withholding his deputy allowance for six months. The Speaker of the Sejm,
Szymon Hołownia, announced that a criminal complaint will be filed with prosecutors.
[39][40] Hołownia also sent an inquiry to a police commissioner to verify if Braun has a firearm permit, as he received information from the
Marshal Guard that Braun asked in the past if he can deposit a personal firearm in Sejm.
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Braun's actions and statements have led to criticism from within his own party.
Sławomir Mentzen, one of the leaders of the Confederation party, condemned Braun's actions, stating his intent to take further steps in addressing the situation.
[34] Additionally, Cardinal
Grzegorz Ryś, Archbishop of Łódź, said he was "ashamed and I apologise to the whole Jewish community in Poland" following the incident.
[42] Braun has denied having racist motives and described his actions as a response to what he perceives as "
Satanic,
Talmudist triumphalism" of
Jewish holidays.
[34]
On 17 January 2024, the Sejm voted to lift Braun's immunity from criminal prosecution in relation to his attack on the Hanukkah menorah. Prosecutors previously said that they intended to charge him with seven counts also included earlier incidents of alleged aggression against a former health minister and public property. If convicted, he faces up to five years' imprisonment.
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