Social Democrat leaves party over Swedish PM’s ‘Somalitown’ comments

(Local) A local Social Democrat politician in Gothenburg has left the party in protest against prime minister Magdalena Andersson’s comments, where she said that Sweden should not have any “Somalitowns.”

Saida Hussein Moge, a Social Democrat municipal politician in Gothenburg, wrote in a statement on Facebook that she was leaving the party and pulling out of the upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections.

“The Social Democrats no longer stand for the values and principles I believe in,” she said, adding that the party has “become a more xenophobic party.”

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