Danish MP resigns after singing Nazi songs, but says he was drunk
COPENHAGEN -- Danish member of parliament Morten Messerschmidt, 26, of the right-wing Danish Peoples Party (DVP) party has resigned after he was caught singing Nazi songs and engaging in Nazi salutes, the Danish BT newspaper reported Monday.
According to BT, Messerschimdt, who has been previously convicted for racist offences, resigned in order to spare his party any further aggravation...
BT reported the previous week that at a celebration to mark the opening of Copenhagen's Tivoli amusement park, Messerschimdt drunkenly sang a Nazi song and made the Nazi salute, saying "Heil Hitler" and "Sieg Heil" with his right arm raised.
The member of parliament denied the report, saying that he was so drunk that he remembered nothing.
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According to BT, Messerschimdt, who has been previously convicted for racist offences, resigned in order to spare his party any further aggravation...
BT reported the previous week that at a celebration to mark the opening of Copenhagen's Tivoli amusement park, Messerschimdt drunkenly sang a Nazi song and made the Nazi salute, saying "Heil Hitler" and "Sieg Heil" with his right arm raised.
The member of parliament denied the report, saying that he was so drunk that he remembered nothing.