today journal (ZDF): Revealing sentence in the Slomka interview with Kemmerich (Thuringia)

• The newly elected Thuringian Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich turned in ZDF “today journal” the questions.
• moderator Marietta Slomka grilled him in the interview because he let the AfD vote for him.
• Then Kemmerich made a fateful sentence.

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Prime Minister Kemmerich in the ZDF “today journal” – he presents himself concentrated and prudent

Mainz / Erfurt – The completely surprising election of Thomas Kemmerich (54) as Prime Minister in Thuringia triggered a tremendous quake in Germany. With the voices of AFD let the liberal, who so far the smallest parliamentary group* led, heave to office. In the evening the FDP– Politician then “grilled” in the “Today Journal” by moderator Marietta Slomka.

Slomka, who is considered one of the most energetic interviewers on German television, did more than six minutes. She wanted to know Kemmerich’s real motives – was his choice tactics or naivety? Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the election in Thuringia on Thursday, and at the same time made a drastic demand.

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Thomas Kemmerich* seemed to have carefully prepared for the demanding conversation in front of an audience of millions. The FDP man answered calmly and objectively to the critical questions. Again and again he started his sentences with “Mrs. Slomka” – that sounded almost admonishing. But just as he could not prevent Marietta Slomka’s boring inquiries, he was unable to do anything about the extremely critical comments in the ARD “Tagesthemen” and the ZDF “Today Journal”. And the election fiasco has already made itself felt for the FDP in a recent Forsa survey.

With Marietta Slomka, however, Kemmerich tried to present himself as a sensible force of the democratic center – although he made his choice* But was dependent on votes from AfD right wing Björn Höcke and his parliamentary group. This fact led FDP boss Christian Lindner to take personal consequences on Thursday. He wants to ask the question of trust at a special meeting of the party executive.

But even if Kemmerich was so concentrated in the ZDF interview, he ultimately afforded a slip of the tongue – or rather a revealing sentence.

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Dialogue on ZDF- “heute journal” – Slomka continues: “Wait! Did I understand you correctly?!”

Slomka: “Didn’t you suspect what was going to happen? Namely, that the AfD uses this opportunity. Before that there were explicit warnings! “

Kemmerich: “We discussed in great detail in the party committees to offer this candidacy against left and right candidacies to the democratic center. And we had to expect that this would happen. We will now make a policy against AfD, also against left-wing radicalist demands, expropriation fantasies … “

Slomka: “Moment! Did I understand you correctly?! Did you expect that to happen? That means you weren’t surprised? That’s why you had already prepared a speech ?! “

Kemmerich: “No. I did not prepare the speech. Ms. Slomka, you needn’t try to put this in my mouth now. I faced a democratic choice. (…) “

Slomka: “That means: you deliberately entered this situation? Again, so that we can simply clarify this: It was not naivety now, but you suspected that the AfD would do it like this? “

Kemmerich: “Ms. Slomka … No, I didn’t assume that.”

Slomka: “Not really? I mean, it was just obvious … ”

Kemmerich: “Ms. Slomka, we have been discussing for days how the election of a prime minister can take place. In extreme cases with a yes vote. I have not … There is no offer, there will be no AfD policy. I stand by that. And you can measure yourself against that. ”

Exposing slip of Kemmerich in the “Today Journal”? The scene is also noticeable to spectators

Spectators have also noticed Kemmerich’s seemingly unmasking “slip of the tongue”. “Thomas #Kemmerich says loudly and clearly in the #heutejournal that he was counting on the votes of the AfD. A few seconds later he says that Marietta Slomka shouldn’t put that in his mouth, ”writes a Twitter user.

Many praise Slomka for asking: “Thanks and respect to Marietta Slomka. As Kemmerich first said, they expected it to happen and then simply said no in the next answer. Unbelievable.”