German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling Christian Democratic Union just suffered the worst election result in the history of the Federal Republic — and the same open-borders, anti-citizen policies that destroyed his party are being pushed right here at home by our own ruling class.
In regional elections on Sunday, Merz's CDU didn't just lose. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party fell below the 5% threshold required for any seats in the state parliament — something no mainstream German party has ever done. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to roughly 37% of the vote, defeating the ruling Social Democrats on their own turf.
"We can't sugarcoat it, it was a disaster," Merz told reporters in Berlin, breaking with the tradition of chancellors waiting until the day after an election to speak. He rushed to party headquarters to gauge support for his own leadership. German commentators were already calling it the "Merzpocalypse."
In Berlin, the CDU was beaten by Die Linke — the Left Party. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the CDU sat at 4.84% with too few ballots left uncounted to pull them back above the 5% cutoff for representation. HotAir reported that with roughly 40 districts remaining, there were simply not enough votes to close the gap. This has never happened before in the history of the Federal Republic.
The AfD victory follows its September 6 win in Saxony-Anhalt. Two consecutive regional victories for the party the German establishment and its media allies have spent years trying to marginalize. The SPD, under Minister President Manuela Schwesig's iron-fisted leadership since 2017, couldn't hold the line.
Here's what the American press won't tell you: this isn't just a German story. The CDU is what passes for the "center-right" in Germany — a party that has presided over the same mass migration policies that have reshaped German cities, strained public services, and eroded public trust. Voters didn't abandon the CDU. The CDU abandoned voters, and now voters are returning the favor.
The same playbook runs in Washington. Both parties promise border security, then deliver amnesty and billions in foreign aid while American communities absorb the costs. When voters object, they're called extremists. When they vote accordingly, the press calls it a disaster — for the people who caused it.
Merz may not survive this. The CDU's historic collapse in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern could, as HotAir noted, spell the end of his chancellorship. The question for Americans isn't whether the same rejection is coming for our own establishment parties — it's whether they'll be allowed to rig the system long enough to prevent it.
The AfD proved you can survive being called every name in the book. You just have to be right about what voters actually care about.
