Forum for Democracy leader Thierry Baudet participated in the “racist mud” in the party’s app groups, says the now departed Member of Parliament and party leader Theo Hiddema on Thursday evening. Jinek.
Hiddema told against Jinekreporter Jaïr Ferwerda said Baudet participated in groups that discussed the link between race and IQ. This was a reason for the lawyer to leave the party.
The FVD leader has so far refused to confirm or deny this himself, since weekly magazine EW (formerly Elsevier) about the apps in early February reported. Bee Jinek he did not respond, but denied being racist.
Hiddema said it interfered with app traffic. He later left the party when anti-Semitic text messages within the youth organization JFVD came to light. That happened before Baudet’s apps came into the publicity, but Hiddema already knew about it at the time. “That’s why I ran away from there then.” He says there are more important things than “that plaything”.
Baudet and Hiddema are still friends
Baudet said Jinek that with the word “drek” Hiddema means the media fuss and that with the word “spielerei” he endorses that it was a joke. Hiddema’s words, which he still regards as a friend, should therefore be taken with a grain of salt. He also believes that he is not obliged to disclose what he does or does not say in private situations. He accused Jinek of “taking old cows out of the ditch”.
For Baudet the broadcast was from Jinek To be called turbulent in any case. He left the studio early during a roast by Martijn Koning. The comedian claimed, among other things, that all anti-Semites would vote for Baudet, but that they would feel put in their “brown shirts” if Baudet’s girlfriend, who according to King is Jewish, would have a child. After this, the FVD leader walked away.
Hiddema also reacted critically to the broadcast and to his interview in the program. According to him, a positive statement from him about Baudet was excluded from the montage. “Apparently it has not been mentioned that I also said that I got to know Baudet as a carefree human child who is too cheerful in life to be able to treat people because of a tan. He is strange to be so narrow-minded.”
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