Germany: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW
Germany: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech Threats against politicians have sharply risen ahead of September's general elections. The leading candidate to replace Angela Merkel has rapidly become the prime target for misogyny, vitriol, and fake news. It's been barely three weeks since Annalena Baerbock was nominated as the Green party's chancellor candidate. But it took only a matter of hours after her nomination on April 19 for disinformation and hate about her to begin spreading like wildfire online. Green party election campaign leader Michael Kellner says the ha...