Worrying words from Merz and some New York voters

Last week German chancellor

Friedrich Merz in calling for large-scale deportations from Germany suggested that parents ‘Ask their daughters’. The chancellor has received much criticism for his remark, which he has tried to water down or ‘explain.

CNN’s John King is covering the upcoming mayoral election in New York. On interviewing voters why they would not vote for Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani a number of people replied, saying 'if a man loved his daughter he could not vote for Mamdani', who is of the Muslim faith.

The New York mayoral election is on Tuesday, November 4.

Below is the article in the Guardian on the Merz comment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/friedrich-merz-accused-of-using-dangerous-rhetoric-on-immigration?CMP=share_btn_url