Shocking moment far-right MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament and blasts female official in the face with it as she tries to stop him
- The video shows Grzegorz Braun extinguishing Hanukkah candles with a fire extinguisher.
A far-right Polish politician brazenly extinguished Hanukkah candles in the Polish parliament building with a fire extinguisher.
The video shows Grzegorz Braun tearing a red fire extinguisher from the wall of the Polish Sejm building and marching towards an exhibition dedicated to the Jewish holiday.
Heading towards the candles, he turns on the fire extinguisher, covering the floor and shocking passersby with a cloud of white powder.
Shocking footage shows Brown extinguishing the candles in a menorah lit for Hanukkah, filling the air with a lingering haze.
Seconds later, the female official desperately tries to wrestle the fire extinguisher out of Brown’s hands, only to be hit in the face with white power by the far-right deputy.
The video shows Grzegorz Braun tearing a red fire extinguisher from the wall of the Polish Sejm building and marching towards an exhibition dedicated to the Jewish holiday.
Shocking footage shows Brown extinguishing the candles in a menorah lit for Hanukkah, filling the air with a lingering haze.
Grzegorz Braun, a far-right Polish lawmaker from the Confederation Party, stands after using a fire extinguisher to extinguish Hanukkah candles in parliament in Warsaw.
Grzegorz Braun, a far-right Polish MP from the Confederation Party, walks after extinguishing Hanukkah candles with a fire extinguisher.
Brown, a pro-Russian member of the Confederate Party, then puts down the fire extinguisher as the woman and spectators shout at him. He then wipes his hands and goes to his bag before attempting to leave the building.
Speaker of Parliament Szymon Gołownia condemned the incident carried out by Brown and said there would be no tolerance for anti-Semitic and xenophobic behavior in the Sejm, the Polish parliament.
“This should never have happened,” Holownia told reporters after he ordered Brown to leave the plenary session, adding that he would call for an investigation into the incident.
Parliamentary hearings were suspended.
Brown speaks to the media covered in white powder after extinguishing Hanukkah candles in the Polish parliament.
New Prime Minister Donald Tusk called it a disgrace and said such an incident should never happen again.
Tusk was elected on Monday and gave his inaugural speech to parliament on Tuesday, vowing to demand that the Western world continue to provide aid to Ukraine.
Brown, a pro-Russian member of the Confederate Party, has falsely claimed in the past that there was a plot to turn Poland into a “Jewish state.”