In the middle of a speech, the room suddenly went silent when the microphone was turned off. The topic brought up by the Sweden Democrat appeared to be too sensitive, and the conclusion hit a little too close to the truth.

It was during a debate about a motion on measures against antisemitism in Umeå’s schools that Petter Nilsson (SD) pointed out that the problem with antisemitism is primarily found on the left and among immigrant youth – something for which there are clear statistics.

“For anyone with a brain cell, I almost want to say, it should be obvious by now that the overarching problems, which have perhaps become even more visible in recent years, are that the problems come not least from the left, and they come from people born abroad,” Nilsson said.

“Those two are problem areas that people previously thought, or rather tried to present in the political discourse as innocent, kind, and cute.”

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This led chairperson Marie-Louise Rönnmark (S) to interrupt and claim that Nilsson was not sticking to the topic, to which the Sweden Democrat replied that he was describing the core of the matter. She also claimed that the speech was dangerously close to “generalizations and incitement against a group of people.”

Then Center Party member Maja Westling Palmberg intervened and said she felt “sickened” by how the Sweden Democrats “talk and how you phrase yourselves and who you attack.”

Has Happened Before

Pontus Persson, vice chairman of the Sweden Democrats in Västerbotten, told Samnytt that Petter Nilsson has been interrupted in the same way before, including when the subject was the consequences of mass immigration. At the same time, it seems the local media don’t find it interesting enough to cover.

“It has happened before that he has been interrupted when he has talked about mass immigration. The reactions are pretty much what one can expect: total silence from all parties and all local media,” Persson told Samnytt.

Regarding any actions to be taken, they haven’t decided yet but make it clear they won’t let the issue go.

“We are not going to accept this outright illegal behavior from the presiding board.”

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“A clear violation of the Local Government Act. The presiding board does not have the right to interrupt a member during a speech that stays within the topic and the law,” SD Västerbotten states:

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