Bret Stephens criticized Vice President JD Vance in a New York Times piece for his remarks at the Munich Security Conference, accusing him of hypocrisy. Vance, who spoke against threats to free speech from European leaders, paradoxically met with members of the far-right AfD party. Stephens highlighted the historical context of such rhetoric, referencing how the Nazi Party exploited democratic systems in the past. He also noted that mainstream German parties refuse to align with the AfD, underscoring Vance's stance as not only controversial but indicative of a lack of historical awareness.
The vice president's speech last week at the Munich Security Conference... combined with his meeting with the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party, has caused a scandal because it is a scandal, a monument of arrogance based on a foundation of hypocrisy.
This record explains, in part, why all of Germany's mainstream parties refuse to go into any sort of coalition government with the AfD, even as it is polling in second place in this month's federal elections.
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