Her “excuse” ?
Apparently, the words “misfortune” and “accident” are the same in Swedish. But her remarks were made while defending a colleague who recently resigned after comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. So her effort to walk back her comment is really lame.
It seems that Sweden is very concerned about “Islamophobia.” But Jew-hatred? Not so much.
Sweden’s deputy prime minister has come under fire for describing the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon as “accidents.”
Environment Minister and Green Party chair Asa Romson made the comments on Tuesday morning during a live televized interview about party colleague Mehmet Kaplan, who resigned as housing minister earlier this week over statements likening Israel to Nazi Germany….
This is not the first time Romson has caused controversy over comments made during a live television interview. In May 2015, she was forced to apologize for comparing the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Deploring the desperate situation of migrants trying to make the perilous and often deadly crossing to Europe, Romson said of European migration laws, “we are … turning the Mediterranean into the new Auschwitz.”….
Related:
Times of Israel: Swedish minister who likened Israel to Nazi Germany quits
FrontPageMag: Anti-Semitism In Sweden
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Romson is one big Swedish accident.
The next time I hear a Muppet Chef say, “Hurr de Burr de Burr” I am going to slap him.