‘Trans Women’ Are Women, EU Parliament Says

Men who identify as women should not only be included in all the EU’s feminist policies—the recognition of their ‘right’ to be treated as women should also be defended as a priority. That’s the recommendation from the European Parliament to the Council, approved this Thursday in the Strasbourg plenary.

The text was adopted with the support of the left-wing groups and, stunningly, by the majority of the supposedly center-right European People’s Party (EPP).

A proposed amendment stating that “only biological women can become pregnant” was rejected after 233 MEPs voted against it, with 200 for and 107 abstentions.

The initiative comes from a report prepared by Socialist MEP Lina Gálvez (S&D), which proposes that the EU’s external actions should make the legal recognition of self-perceived gender identity a top priority and reflect this in its equality policies. The document also argues that the EU should actively promote this position in international forums and in its dialogue with non-EU countries. An interesting proposition, in particular when it comes to diplomatic engagement with Muslim or outright Islamist countries like Syria. 

Although formally a recommendation to the Council and not a directly binding rule, the text sets out a political position that could influence diplomatic action and shape future legislative initiatives.

Specifically, the report calls for ensuring the recognition of “trans women” as women and their full inclusion in all strategies and programs linked to gender equality.

Criticism from conservative groups

The decision immediately drew criticism from groups on the right side of the chamber. VOX MEP Hermann Tertsch said that the Eurochamber “has adopted as an international priority an ideological agenda that redefines the concept of woman and imposes it as the Union’s official position.” In his view, the recommendation effectively becomes a diplomatic guideline—“a concept based on gender identity that does not enjoy consensus in numerous member states.”

The Patriots for Europe group also denounced that, despite being the third largest force in Parliament, it was excluded both from the prior negotiations of the text and from the official mission that will travel to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March.

The vote comes at a time when the European Union is facing significant economic, geopolitical, and internal cohesion challenges. The decision to prioritize the recognition of gender identity in its external action reflects persisting blindness to the real issues facing Europe’s populations and intransigence regarding an ideology that is rejected by the majority of EU citizens. 

The recommendation approved in Strasbourg has no immediate legal effects, but it reinforces a political direction that is likely to continue generating controversy inside and outside the European Parliament.

In the coming months, the Council will have to take a position on the proposed guidelines in a context where issues relating to gender identity, fundamental rights, and the definition of equality policies continue to divide governments, parties, and societies in several member states.

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Europe bans ketchup and mayonnaise sachets starting in August

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Starting in August 2026, a new European Union regulation will come into effect that prohibits the use of individual sachets in bars, restaurants and hotels.The measure applies to condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, salt, sugar, and oil served on the premises.

The change, as foreseen in the regulations (EU) 2025/40 is part of the community strategy to reduce plastic waste and promote more sustainable consumption practices in the hospitality sector.

According to the approved text, the establishments They should replace single-use dispensers with reusable dispensers or shared containers.The goal is to eliminate the unnecessary use of disposable packaging for meals consumed on-site.

The regulation, known as Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)It establishes a transition schedule until August 2026. The intention is to give operators time to adapt gradually, avoiding abrupt impacts on the operation of establishments.

This measure marks the beginning of a series of restrictions that are expected to expand in the coming years. European Comission It is predicted that, by 2030, the ban on single-dose packaging will extend to other food products, cosmetics, and personal hygiene items.

A full assessment of the policy is scheduled for February 2032. At that stage, the Commission should evaluate the results obtained, especially regarding waste reduction and the protection of public health, the newspaper says.

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British actress Olivia Colman claims she has always felt like a ‘gay man’

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Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman has announced that in her marriage – to husband Ed Sinclair – she identifies as a gay man. Colman is one of the U.K.’s most famous actresses and lauded for roles such as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown. She is currently promoting her latest project, the “queer film” Jimpa, in which she plays the mother of a “nonbinary” child.

The recently invented term “nonbinary” refers to someone who claims to be neither male nor female and often uses “they/them” pronouns. Colman claims that she, too, feels “nonbinary.”

“Throughout my whole life, I’ve had arguments with  people where I’ve always sort of felt nonbinary,” she explained in an interview with Them. “I’ve never felt massively feminine in my being female. I’ve always described myself to my husband as a gay man. And he goes, ‘Yeah, I get that.’ And so I do feel at home and at ease.”

Colman and her husband have three children and have been married for 25 years.

Colman’s comments highlight the irony of the identity grift: Because she apparently defines “feminine” as something other than female, she must insist that she feels “nonbinary” or like “a gay man” rather than simply admitting that there are many different ways of being female. Those seeking to escape stereotypes most often confirm them.

“I don’t really spend a whole lot of time with people who are very staunchly heterosexual,” the actress said. “The men I know and love are very in touch with all sides of themselves … I think with my husband and I, we take turns to be the ‘strong one’ or the one who needs a bit of gentleness. I believe everyone has all of it in them. I’ve always felt like that. I’m not alone in saying, ‘I don’t feel like it’s binary.’ And I loved that. I came away from making this film with, yeah, I knew I wasn’t alone.”

In summary: everybody is basically nonbinary. Or, conversely, nobody is.

Colman is a longtime LGBT activist; she was awarded her Oscar for Best Actress for The Favourite, in which her character (Queen Anne) has an affair with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. In the Netflix series Heartstopper, Colman played the mother of a bisexual teenager. Her latest film is directed by Sophie Hyde, who based the story on her own life and is open about the fact that this film constitutes LGBT activism:

My dad died in 2018, and he was like Jim in the film; a very eccentric, very provocative man, openly gay, an AIDS activist and health worker, and very publicly queer. I always knew him as someone who kind of put his body on the line and didn’t have much choice about whether he was political, but kind of went with it.

When he died, my child, who’s a trans nonbinary queer person, was really starting to come out and speak about their own queer identity. They were doing that quite publicly too. And I wish that they could sit down together and talk about it and talk about the hard stuff of that – how volatile it is and how much attacked you might be – but also the really great bits that you discover when you have that kind of reckoning with yourself and the world.

Colman emphasized that the film had helped her, as well. “I do think I learned an awful lot on the way as well,” she gushed. “Actually, I’m not sure that I spent so much time with anyone in the trans community before then, thinking about it, you know. Yeah, I did learn a bit, and I got better at pronouns as well.”

The term “nonbinary” first appeared around 1995 and it was rarely used until the 2010s. The trend of “preferred pronouns” was only used in “LGBT spaces” starting in the early 2000s, and again, was not pushed in the mainstream culture until the 2010s. Hollywood, however, is doing the heavy lifting to hold out against the backlash to trans activism – with Colman claiming that she identifies as a gay man just so she can feel like part of the “queer community” she spends so much time with.

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#JerkyGate: Epstein files talk ‘jerky’ meat, which appears to be code for human flesh

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A few years back, I watched a documentary about the Wikileaks emails, and Liz Crokin, one of the main journalists pushing for answers, made one very profound statement, something to the effect of this: If these emails aren’t using coded language for heinous behavior, then explain what they’re talking about.

Why the nonstop talk about “cheese pizza?” How much “cheese pizza” does one person possibly consume? Endless “hot dog” parties? An email about a “handkerchiefs” with “a map that seems pizza-related” on it, asking where it should be sent? And for anyone who wants to bury their head in the sand and pretend this is all conspiracy, let’s not forget that it’s well established that pedophiles frequently talk in code: a leaked FBI document revealed the different symbols that pedophiles use to signal to each other what their sexual preferences in children are. Of course anyone involved in the ritual abuse of children is not going to speak plainly.

With that as a backdrop, what the hell is all the talk about “Jerky” (often with a capital J) in the Epstein emails, mentioned more than hundreds of times? The tone and language of some of the emails, particularly those sent from a man named Francis Derby, suggest something very, very evil. Worse, when you consider this: Derby is apparently a culinary entrepreneur, who opened several ventures under the name… “Cannibal.” Seems very in our faces.

JE, or Jeffrey Epstein, is going to “start eating regular food again” meaning he’ll be eating “less jerky?” I don’t know what “Jerky” means, but if it’s not code for something deeply sinister, then somebody needs to explain it to me. Who keeps jerky in in the freezer? Isn’t the whole selling point of jerky that it’s shelf stable? And if it’s really just something as innocent as “jerky” as you and I know it, then why redact the people involved….

For all the talk about “pizza” and “jerky,” the photos at meal times on Epstein’s island sure look gross—all I’ve seen is piles of what looks like bland meat. I thought they had private chefs, people…like Derby…. What kind of top chef presents jerky and “white tuna“ and grape soda as a meal?

Speaking of which, how about that “grape soda,“ as reported on by Vanity Fair? Rich people don’t drink grape soda. In fact, I’ve never met a single person in my life who drinks grape soda, nor have I ever tasted it myself, and I come from blue collar roots. The only people I would know who drink grape soda, if the stereotype is true, are poverty-level black people. So to see “grape soda” mentioned repeatedly makes one wonder.

I mean, the whole thing with this group of “elites” is they think they’re better than everyone else, superior and part of a master class. In fact, Epstein and others explicitly and derogatorally referred to us as “goy” and “goyim.” Why aren’t they feasting on caviar, Kobe beef, and foie gras? The best that the world has to offer in terms of culinary delights? Pizza? Jerky? Grape soda? Give me a break.

The billionaire class doesn’t drink grape soda, and they don’t eat jerky, which has always been a poor people’s food, using inexpensive, tough cuts of meat to make and drying them, making otherwise garbage cuts of meat palatable. Jerky is not a rich people food, and it never has been. Someone who slurs the “goyim” isn’t condescending to our level and eating our plebeian slop.

To suggest that the utter depravity and sadistic revelations seen in the newest tranche of Epstein files documents isn’t really a big deal and we’ve got bigger things to focus on, like how the stock market is hitting record highs as Pam Bondi said yesterday on Capitol Hill, is diabolical. Unless you’re like Bondi, and because this pillar of child-traffickers and pedophiles is load-bearing so you don’t want to bring it down, we need to get to the bottom of this and mete out justice.

I say bring on the Samson option.

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Swiss Voters Go Up Against “Out of Touch” Elite in Migration Referendum

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The Swiss government and parliament both oppose a proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 million until 2050 by limiting migration. But voters will have their own say this June after a petition linked to the ‘No to a 10 million Switzerland’ initiative crossed the 100,000-signature threshold needed to initiate a nationwide referendum in record time.

Establishment media outlets, including those outside of Switzerland, have focused in particular on the opposition from big business to this significant measure. But referendum backers from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party stressed on Wednesday that while “a small economic elite profits from uncontrolled immigration, the majority of the Swiss population suffers.”

Everyone feels the effects of uncontrolled immigration in their daily lives: The cost of living is constantly rising. Rents are skyrocketing. Crime is increasing. Schools are bursting at the seams. The landscape is being paved over. Trains are packed. Traffic jams are a constant problem. Switzerland is losing its identity. People feel like strangers in their own country.

“Our citizens,” added party representative Thomas Matter, “have had enough.” Polling suggests that the migration cap proposal has previously received almost 50% backing.

Switzerland’s population currently stands at around nine million, having steadily increased over recent years. If successful, the vote could result in it being made more difficult for foreigners to gain permanent residency once the population passes 9.5 million. It could also see Switzerland revise its agreement with the EU that (currently) allows for free movement, according to The New York Times.

The referendum will be held on June 10th.

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‘Nonce Party’: British PM Starmer Under Fire for Appointment of ANOTHER Paedophile-Tied Advisor

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British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is embroiled in another significant scandal over the appointment of another paedophile-linked advisor just days after barely surviving backlash over his government’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Downing Street has admitted that Prime Minsiter Starmer had nominated his former communications director, Matthew Doyle, to the House of Lords last year despite being aware that he publicly campaigned for a councillor charged with child pornography offences.

According to a December report from The Times of London, Doyle campaigned for Sean Morton in 2017 to represent Moray in Scotland, despite Morton having been suspended by Labour at the time after having been charged for possession and distribution of indecent images of children just months prior.

According to the paper of record, the images included naked pictures of girls as young as ten years old, as well as images of adults engaged in bestiality.

Despite being aware of the accusations against Morton, Doyle personally campaigned door to door while wearing a t-shirt reading “Re-elect Sean Morton”.

Doyle, who had previously campaigned for Hillary Clinton alongside Morton during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, said in December: “Sean Morton was maintaining his innocence at this time. I regret supporting him. Sean Morton was someone I knew for a period through other shared acquaintances. I have not seen him for years.”

Regardless, Number 10 admitted this week that Starmer and his top advisors were aware of his former communications director’s ties to Morton before the PM nominated Doyle to the House of Lords last year. However, Starmer attempted to shift the blame onto Doyle, saying on Wednesday that he did not “give a full account of his actions” and has since removed the whip from Lord Doyle.

The stance from Starmer is reminiscent of the one he took in the wake of the revelations concerning ties between his former ambassador to the United States, Lord Peter Mandelson, and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Despite having also been made aware that Mandelson had continued his close friendship with Epstein after the New York financier had been convicted over child prostitution, Starmer still chose to appoint the Blair-era spin doctor to the top diplomatic posting.

Nevertheless, Starmer attempted to shift blame, claiming that Mandelson had lied to him over the extent of his relationship and that the security services had failed to properly vet the longtime Labour Party operative.

Although Starmer survived the near collapse of his government last week over the scandal, with his cabinet rallying in support, it remains to be seen how long the Labour Party backbenches will stand by the embattled PM.

According to a report from POLITICO, an unnamed Labour MP said that party activists are being branded as “paedo lovers” as they seek to talk to their constituents on the doorstep.

Political opponents have been quick to seize on the scandal as well, with Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey remarking on Wednesday: “To appoint one paedophile supporter cannot be excused as misfortune; to appoint two shows a catastrophic lack of judgment.”

Leader of the official opposition Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, accused the Prime Minister of staffing his government with “hypocrites and paedophile apologists” and that Starmer “only cares about the victims when he’s trying to save his own skin”.

The co-leader of the far-left Your Party, Zarah Sultana, who left the Labour Party last year after accusing the government of complicity in genocide in Gaza, described her former party as simply the “Nonce Party”.

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Male Wrestler Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Opponent During Girls Wrestling Match Is Set To Compete In Washington State Championships

A young female athlete in Washington says she was unknowingly matched against a biological male in a girls wrestling competition. Kallie Keeler says that her opponent, who has now qualified for the state championships, had sexually assaulted her during the course of the match.

Keeler, a 16-year-old sophomore at Rogers High School in Puyallup, spoke to unDivided about the incident, which took place during the Lady Jag Kickoff Tournament on December 6, 2025. Video taken by Keeler’s mother captured the match, in which the girl looks to be at an immediate physical disadvantage against her opponent, who was representing Emerald Ridge High School.

Disturbingly, the video shows Keeler’s face quickly twisting into an expression of panic and confusion. At one point, Keeler is visibly attempting to communicate something to her mother, who couldn’t initially understand her. Keeler later clarified that she had been saying: “Her fingers are in my (vagina).”

Terrified and overwhelmed, Keeler decided to let her opponent win to put a quick end to the bout.

“I just wanted the match to be over,” the teen told unDivided‘s Brandi Kruse. She went on to explain that following the match, a coach from another school approached her and told her she had been wrestling a biological male.

Two days after the match, Keeler’s parents emailed coaches at Rogers High School demanding information about how the incident would be addressed.

“This is a huge issue and something that is 100% not OK,” Keeler’s mother wrote, furious at the revelations. She added that she was particularly upset because the opponent had been “a biological male who identifies as female,” asking, “Where do we go from here?”

That same day, the coach replied to the Keeler family, indicating that she was taking the concerns seriously.

“I most certainly would not put Kallie on the mat if I thought she was competing with a male,” the coach wrote. “I will investigate this and look to see if we have a video on our end. I will touch base with you either this afternoon or tomorrow morning after I do my due diligence.”

According to the family, they did not receive any further follow-up.

On January 30, one day after being contacted by unDivided for comment, the school reported Keeler’s allegations to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office — nearly two months after district employees would have been required to do so under Washington’s mandatory reporter law.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to unDivided that it has opened a criminal investigation.

According to Sheriff’s Deputy Carly Cappeltto, a school resource officer was contacted by the school to investigate a reported sexual assault that allegedly occurred during a wrestling match.

“The School Resource Officer informed me he was called by the school to investigate a report of sexual assault at a wrestling match,” Cappeltto said in an email. “This incident allegedly happened during the match between the victim and a transgender student the victim was wrestling at the time. Last week, the School Resource Officer reviewed a video of the match, and he will be following up with the victim this week for further information. This is being investigated and is still active.”

While unDivided did not name Keeler’s male opponent, Reduxx can identify him as Taufa’ase’e Tei, also known as Trixie Tei. 

Tei is relatively new to girls wrestling, and has only participated in five total wrestling events in his school athletic career. The December 6 Lady Jags tournament was his very first, according to FloSports. During that tournament, he competed in five matches and won four of them.

At the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association District 3 Girls 4A South Puget Sound League on February 6, Tei secured a place in the state championships, which is set to take place on February 19 and 20 at the Tacoma Dome.

Trixie Tei (third from left). Photo Source: SWAY WRESTLING/INSTAGRAM

While Tei has largely scrubbed his social media presence, screenshots from his Instagram were captured in January.

In one post, Tei wrote: “As a trans girl, I matter because my identity is real, even when the world tries to tell me it isn’t. When people are against me, it hurts deeply because all I want is to live honestly and be seen as who I truly am. I feel scared sometimes walking into spaces where I don’t know if I’ll be accepted or judged, but I also feel strong for continuing to be myself anyway.”

He continued: “It’s exhausting to constantly defend my existence, especially when I didn’t choose to be different—I chose to be honest. I deserve respect, safety, and love just like any other girl. Even when the world feels harsh, my life still has value, and my voice still deserves to be heard.”

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Speaking to Reduxx, Marshi Smith of the Independent Council On Women’s Sports (ICONS) expressed outrage at Tei’s participation in girls wrestling.

“Combat sports are inherently dangerous, and girls cannot unknowingly be placed in full-contact competition against teenage boys,” Smith said. “Forcing girls into intimate, body-to-body encounters with boys in front of cheering spectators is a humiliating and deeply disturbing failure to protect their safety, dignity, and privacy. This applies both on the mat and in locker rooms.”

Smith went on to condemn the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), which maintains a policy explicitly allowing students to participate in interscholastic athletics consistent with their gender identity, regardless of the sex listed on their birth certificate. According to the 2025-2026 Rules and Policies Guidebook, the WIAA has no requirement for medical treatment or legal documentation to be eligible.

“In this shocking spectacle, Washington policy has allowed a girl to be publicly raped during a wrestling match. The harm to girls in sports is escalating nationwide, and policies that sacrifice girls while leaders refuse accountability are indefensible.”

ICONS isn’t alone in raising concerns about males competing in women’s wrestling. The issue has also been documented for years by HeCheated, an independent platform that tracks male participation in female sports.

HeCheated maintains a public, searchable database recording wins, records, and awards claimed by male athletes competing against women. In a statement to Reduxx, the group reports that across documented combat sport matches, males have secured more than 200 victories over female opponents, compared to just 96 losses.

The site’s extensive archive is intended to demonstrate measurable male performance advantages — a disparity HeCheated says is especially alarming in combat sports.

“Male advantage is especially evident in combat sports such as wrestling, boxing, and taekwondo where male athletes are directly pitting their speed and strength against female athletes of similar sizes,” adding: “In the case of Kallie Keeler, she is just the latest addition to a growing list of young women who were unknowingly forced to fight a male opponent. Such an experience can have lasting impact on a young female athlete’s confidence and trust that she will be protected in her sport.”

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German MEP sparks backlash after claiming gang rapes ‘do not exist’ in Germany — here are the facts

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A German Social Democrat member of the European Parliament has sparked outrage after claiming during a plenary debate that gang rapes “do not exist,” despite official crime data showing hundreds of cases recorded each year in Germany.

Speaking in the European Parliament during a debate on Spain’s planned large-scale regularization of illegal migrants, SPD MEP Birgit Sippel objected to remarks made by AfD lawmaker Christine Anderson, who warned that Spain’s decision could have consequences for other European countries, including Germany.

Anderson told the chamber, “Spain is declaring 500,000 illegals to be legal. A violation of Schengen. They can now maraud freely through Europe across all borders. And they will do so, and they mainly where there are the highest social benefits, like Germany. Our homeland is no longer recognizable. Brutal knife attacks and gang rapes have become everyday life in Germany.”

Responding to Anderson’s speech, Sippel urged the chair to intervene, stating, “Can you please intervene? The former speaker used the words ‘people are marauding through Europe.’ That word ‘marauding’ is used for criminal gangs. She also spoke of group rapes that do not exist. I would ask you to intervene against such word choices and not just ask speakers to tone it down.”

However, German federal crime statistics contradict the claim that such crimes do not occur. Data compiled by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and published through federal government replies to parliamentary questions show that cases categorized as group rapes — although not a separate legal category under German law — are recorded annually through police crime statistics filters identifying cases involving multiple suspects.

According to the federal government’s official response, police registered 789 such cases in 2022, following 677 cases in 2021 and 704 cases in 2020, with annual totals consistently numbering in the hundreds over the past decade. Authorities note methodological changes over time, but the data nevertheless confirm that such offenses are recorded regularly across Germany.

The figures originate from a parliamentary inquiry submitted by AfD lawmakers, to which the federal government replied that the term “gang rape” is not explicitly codified in criminal law, requiring special statistical filtering of rape offenses committed by more than one suspect. Fact-checking groups have argued that precise classification is complicated because several forms of sexual assault fall under the same legal provision, yet the government’s own statistics still show hundreds of incidents annually involving multiple offenders.

Meanwhile, police data in Germany’s capital also show a sharp rise in sexual offenses more broadly. According to figures reported by Berlin media outlet B.Z., police recorded 7,475 sexual crimes in Berlin in 2024 — equivalent to more than twenty offenses per day, including more than two rapes daily. The data stem from a parliamentary inquiry in the Berlin House of Representatives and show that non-German suspects accounted for more than 38 percent of identified suspects, above their share of the city’s population.

Just one day after Sippel made her remarks, Remix News reported how, in Düsseldorf, three Syrian nationals are accused of raping a 27-year-old woman after she became separated from friends, with two suspects currently on trial.

Last month, we reported how a 15-year-old girl was dragged into a bush on Jan. 3, in the Wiesbaden district of Biebrich and raped by two men “speaking broken German,” who remain on the run from police.

Authorities in Heinsberg arrested five Syrian men last year over the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl, while in Dresden, two teenage suspects allegedly robbed and sexually assaulted a Czech tourist at knifepoint. Other recent trials involve cases in Düsseldorf and Heilbronn, where two Afghan nationals stood trial for drugging and raping two teenage girls, aged just 13 and 15.

Sippel’s remarks quickly sparked anger online, with many users accusing her of dismissing victims’ experiences. Dozens of responses under Sippel’s social media posts criticized her intervention, with many users calling her remarks insensitive or disconnected from public concerns over crime and migration policy.

One commenter wrote, “Completely detached from reality…disgusting, mocking, and terrible to deny and ridicule victims and facts in this way.” Another asked whether she would retract her statement publicly, adding that victims would want to speak with her.

“A woman who lies by claiming that gang rape does not exist should resign immediately,” said a third.

In total, 99 comments had been made under Sippel’s most recent social media post on Facebook — every single one expressed anger at the comment she had made in disregarding gang rape as a valid concern.

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