Kevin Kühnert criticizes Nancy Faeser's communication
After the fatal attack on a 20-year-old in Bad Oeynhausen, SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert criticized the communication of his party friend, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. In response to a statement from the Minister, in which she spoke about the attack and the suspected perpetrator, Kühnert said on the talk show "Markus Lanz": "That (...) took 100 percent the perspective of the perpetrator and 100 percent not enough the perspective of the victim and the survivors."
Moderator Markus Lanz had shown SPD politician Kühnert a clip of a video taken at an SPD event and aired in parts on Welt-TV. Faeser said in the video that the 18-year-old Syrian suspect was also an example of a "failed social integration."
Factually, the Interior Minister is not wrong, explained Kühnert. "But I believe that when you pay close attention to what people say in election campaigns and elsewhere, you will always get such examples mentioned: that the feeling is that the wrong people are in the spotlight of the discussion." Politicians tend to focus quickly on the circumstances. "But that has nothing to do with the fact that here a person was killed who will not come back to life."
- Following his criticism of Nancy Faeser's communication after the attack, Kevin Kühnert was presented with a clip from an SPD event on the talk show "Markus Lanz."
- In the clip, Faeser discussed the suspected Syrian perpetrator of the attack, stating that he was an example of "failed social integration."
- Responding to Faeser's comments, Kühnert acknowledged that the Minister was factually correct but expressed concern about the focus on certain individuals in public discussions.
- Kühnert emphasized that the focus on circumstances should not overshadow the human aspect of the situation, as a 20-year-old had lost their life in the attack.
