California Governor Gavin Newsom aligned his views with far-right rhetoric, questioning participation of trans athletes in women's sports and supporting anti-trans narratives on the Shawn Ryan Show podcast.
"Thank you, Mexico!" Applause erupted from the crowd as Ronald Johnson took to the floor, greeted warmly by mariachis and marked a stark contrast from his predecessor.
At an Alternative fur Deutschland conference in January, just weeks before the party doubled its vote share to become the second-biggest force in parliament, its co-leader Alice Weidel promised to tear them all down if the AfD came to power.
"As far-right and nationalist parties steadily gain political ground, analysts say that citizenship is increasingly being linked to crime, giving rise to a shift that risks creating two classes of citizens and marginalising specific communities."
