German far right party tells voters to ‘take your country back’ – posts picture of Swiss mountain by mistake
Germany’s far-right AfD (Alternatives for Germany) tweeted that voters should “Take your country back” while using a picture of the Matterhorn in Switzerland, reports CNN.
(via Twitter/CNN)
The particular tweet has since been deleted, but the picture and “take your country back” message has been used in other tweets from the same account.
Finanzierung der #Gesundheit – grundlegende Probleme beseitigen. #AfD #btw17 pic.twitter.com/CMGo7jDytV
— AfD Nürnberg/ Schwabach 🇩🇪 (@AfDNbg) August 9, 2017
Das ist das Matterhorn, ihr Volldeppen.
— lucarelli (@herr_lucarelli) August 16, 2017
“This is the Matterhorn, morons full” is how that got automatically translated, and frankly “morons full” might become our new favourite saying.
Sadly the AfD still have a long way to go when it comes to making huge errors in campaign ads – our own beloved UKIP still takes some beating, like this election leaflet that managed to spell “Cambridgeshire” wrong.
(BBC)
It wasn’t the first time they couldn’t spell the consistency they were standing in.
Typical out of touch elitist Euro-politician fails to check name of constituency he’s campaigning in. pic.twitter.com/cKjLLQhw4e
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) December 5, 2016
Then there was this Lib-Dem candidate that wanted improved English tests for migrants…
