“Oaths endanger people”: Leftists annoyed by Wagenknecht statements

“Oaths endanger people”
Left annoyed by Wagenknecht statements

Sahra Wagenknecht likes to polarize, especially within her own party. With her statements about the vaccination in the program “Anne Will”, she causes a lot of displeasure, especially among party members. They speak of “dangerous half-knowledge”, “oath” and shame that they would feel.

On the left there is considerable criticism of the former parliamentary group leader Sahra Wagenknecht, writes the “Spiegel”. She had expressed her skepticism about corona vaccinations on Sunday evening on the ARD talk show “Anne Will” and, among other things, declared that only older people or risk groups should be vaccinated. Wagenknecht himself is not vaccinated.

In the program there was criticism, for example from the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach, who accused Wagenknecht of talking “nonsense” and referred to the facts and scientific findings. Even the parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group, Marco Buschmann, did not follow Wagenknecht’s argument, nor did the journalist Christina Berndt from the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.

On the left, several politicians are now distancing themselves from Wagenknecht’s statements. “I do not want to and will not explain Sahra Wagenknecht any more,” said Left Chairwoman Susanne Hennig-Wellsow to “Spiegel”. “Who does Wagenknecht represent at ‘Anne Will’ with a lack of medical knowledge and vaccination skepticism? Not the left,” wrote the Saxon state parliament member Jule Nagel. The Saxony-Anhalt domestic policy spokeswoman Henriette Quade wrote on Twitter that Wagenknecht was not acting according to the party’s resolution. “Their oaths endanger people, they don’t need podiums, they need opposition,” said Quade.

Wagenknecht: Vaccination is not an act of solidarity

Wagenknecht’s positions are incompatible with the left, party executive member Raul Zelik said. The parliamentary group must “finally make this unmistakably clear – or it can dissolve,” said Zelik. In fact, Bundestag parliamentary group leader Dietmar Bartsch had also distanced himself indirectly. “Furthermore, I strongly advocate getting vaccinated against Covid-19, also for reasons of solidarity,” tweeted Bartsch on Monday. Wagenknecht had previously made it clear that, from her point of view, vaccination is all about personal protection and not about solidarity.

The ex-Bundestag member and member of the party executive Niema Movassat tweeted: “Long Covid is not controversial, but a bitter reality for far too many people. To deny that is a slap in the face of thousands and thousands of people.” He was “ashamed” that Wagenknecht represented “such nonsense on behalf of my party,” said Movassat.

The left has been fighting with Wagenknecht for years. Part of the party blames her for the defeat in the federal elections because she published a book just a few months beforehand, which was expected to spark a heated argument in the party. With 4.9 percent, the Left managed to re-enter parliament with parliamentary groups thanks to three direct mandates it had won.

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