A shocking video captured far-right Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun using a fire extinguisher to put out menorah candles in Parliament and calling Hanukkah a “satanic” celebration.
In the footage shared by Polish broadcaster TVN24, Braun is seen grabbing a fire extinguisher in the halls of Parliament and using it to put out candles on a menorah, the candelabrum used during the eight nights of the Jewish holiday.
“Those that take part in acts of satanic worship should be ashamed,” he said after the act, according to a translation by Reuters. He also said he was restoring “normality” by extinguishing the candles.
Braun, a member of the far-right Confederation party, grabbed the fire extinguisher shortly after a rabbi led a Hanukkah celebration in the building.
“He was doing it in a very aggressive manner,” Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler told The Linked Press. The footage shows Braun filling the room with white mist and powder from the extinguisher as people begged him to stop.
Magdalena Gudzinska-Adamczyk, one of the attendees, tried to stop Braun. “I feel very short of breath and have difficulty speaking,” she told TVN24 as her face was covered in residue from the fire extinguisher. “I have stopped feeling safe in this country.”
Parliamentary officials sanctioned Braun by cutting his salary in half for three months and halving his parliamentary expenses for six months. He was banned from the rest of the day’s session and reported to prosecutors, according to the AP reported.
Braun’s actions came a day after pro-European Union lawmaker Donald Tusk was appointed prime minister of Poland, defeating a far-right rival. On Monday, Tusk emphasised his plans to provide support to Ukraine in its war with Russia, which Braun supported.
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