With the Perussuomalaiset (PS) sinking in the polls, it’s clear that the Islamophobic party is pulling as many old tricks out of its racist hat. One of these is the great replacement theory, a white supremacist claim that Europe is white and not diverse
Tweets Purra: It is not a conspiracy theory to look at the statistics of what is happening to many countries in Europe at a rapid pace. You know it, I know it. Many people get upset when we talk about the change in population base as a result of mass immigration, but we just need to talk about it more. Source: Twitter
What’s the deal now, Purra? Polls not to friendly to your budget cuts and hateful hubris towards Finland’s most vulnerable? Oh I see, you are a “visionary” staring into the sunset breathing life to the same far-rght conspiracy theories that you denounced a while back. You are a fake and an opportunist..
Before being appointed interior minister in June 2023, Mari Rantanen, had posted and hashtagged far-right conspiracy theories like the great replacement. After removing such post on her socal media platforms, Rantanen wrote: “Let me be clear: I do not believe in conspiracies. Nor do I believe in the Great Replacement theory.”