I’m not feeling heartened by the election results in Germany. Of course it’s good that the AfD didn’t get a majority but it did receive plenty of votes. 1/

@heidilifeldman

My understanding is they did less well than "expected", garnering less than 20%.

It certainly sucks that they got that much, but is that not less than the % of MAGA cult votes on Debacle Day here?

@joeinwynnewood I don’t mean to suggest that the far right has captured as much of the German electorate as Republican Fascism has in the U.S. But this is AfD’s strongest showing ever, and that is scary.
@heidilifeldman @joeinwynnewood I think it is particularly troubling because 84 % of the population voted so hardly anyone was apathetic.