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CSU boss and possibly humor representative of the upcoming federal government Markus Söder lives up to his party and fires one gag after the other at the political Ash Wednesday. Söder also uses this year’s event in Passau (Thursday, March 6, 2025) for a good mood.
The aim of his attack: Düsseldorf and the Toten Hosen. Düsseldorf because it is a carnival stronghold. The dead trousers because it is one of the most famous bands of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital.
Söder likes to post his best sayings himself. Whether he sings in the Abba Museum Karaoke, photographs himself as a “white hiker” from the “Game of Thrones” series (he knows that the “white hikers” are undead, that is, zombies?) Or floating advertising for fast food. Söder sees himself on the pulse of time.
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Apparently, Markus now posted his latest prank in the Musk network. Vapilized for 14 seconds. He apparently didn’t notice that he smuggled his punch line and tells nonsense.
“And you know, there are always songs about Bayern and clothing,” he begins. “I want to make the difference clear. We have lederhosen. There are only the dead trousers in Düsseldorf. That is the difference between Bavaria and us. “
“That is the difference!”
Uh, isn’t he the Bayer? Or has Markus Söder changed to the opposing camp? In the ancestor he still writes everything correctly: “We have leather pants, in Düsseldorf there are only the dead trousers. That is the difference! “
So difficult to say who Markus Söder absolutely wants to attack. Perhaps even the CDU state chief of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, which similar chancellor ambitions were said to be.
Markus Söder could have selected the other known sons of Düsseldorf as the goal of his attack. But that would have been difficult. For example, most gas power plants with a total capacity of almost 10,000 megawatts (MW) are located in North Rhine-Westphalia, while Bavaria has gas power plants with a total capacity of 6,200 MW. The “We are better than the” joke would probably not have worked. NRW beats Bavaria.