A woman was taken to the hospital yesterday after a far-right member of Poland’s Parliament, Grzegorz Braun, injured her when using a fire extinguisher to take out the Chanukah candles at the government building in Warsaw.
Braun, known for his history of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, approached the lit Chanukah Menorah in the building and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher, disrupting the ceremony and disturbing the celebration.
“Those who take part in acts of satanic worship should be ashamed,” he said to reporters in the room before taking to the podium in the parliamentary chamber and claiming that Chanukah is “satanic.”
This is Poland 2023. Yes, this man is a lunatic, but also a member of Congress. Time to go.
Polish far-right MP Grzegorz Braun extinguishes an official menorah with a fire extinguisher. I never swear on here but: fuck you. pic.twitter.com/uNV8izMSBT
— Jake Wallis Simons (@JakeWSimons) December 12, 2023
Grzegorz Braun, a far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament, used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles
'He has a reputation for controversy, for making antisemitic comments. He's also just about anti-everything' Journalist @MatthewWarsaw says pic.twitter.com/NT22UX3dFh
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) December 13, 2023
He can come to the US and get a job as a college president
We need to be careful with the far right we support here in America to run our government
Why is he not arrested?
Because it’s Poland?
Sonei yisroel! They charge for the bathroom in Auschwitz too. As one survivor said, last time I was here the bathrooms were free