The leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), Annegret Kramp-Ka...
BERLIN - The leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats , Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, drew sharp criticism from her Social Democrat coalition partners on Wednesday for poking fun at trans-gender people in a light-hearted carnival speech.
Critics accuse Kramp-Karrenbauer of cracking a joke at the expense of minorities during Germany’s six-day long pre-Lent carnival festivities, traditionally a chance for politicians to lampoon each other, dress up and drink a lot of beer. In a stand-up routine to an audience in the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg last week, Kramp-Karrenbauer mocked “latte macchiato” leftists in Berlin who want gender-neutral toilets.
Kramp-Karrenbauer hit back at critics of her joke during a speech on Wednesday before CDU members in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: “I have the feeling that today we are the most uptight nation in the world.” “Is it so hard to make a funny joke without attacking minorities?” asked Free Democrat Jens Brandenburg who branded the joke “embarrassing”.
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