Floor Bremer, the political reporter for RTL Nieuws, has been imitated by the men of Today Inside. “Then she pulls her mouth like that and then comes a very annoying question!”
PVV leader Geert Wilders walked away in annoyance after a question from Floor Bremer about sending out tactical tweets during the formation process. He called her sour and ran away. And according to Hart van Nederland reporters Merel Ek and Sam Hagens, she simply asked the politician a ‘very legitimate question’.
‘Sourness always’
Political reporter Thomas van Groningen finds it striking. “You notice that Floor Bremer from RTL can see through Wilders’ mask quite easily and that he then gets irritated and then walks away and says: ‘That sourness always.’ That’s a show, of course. He tries to show a different side,” he says On 1.
What does Frits Wester, a colleague of Floor at RTL, think about it? He says in the podcast Politics Today: “Yes, everyone chooses their own words. Geert too.”
Brilliant qualifications
Podcast host Sam Hagens finds it questionable. “Yes, but be like that to journalists… I understood that he had also been rude before. Of course, he also called journalists ‘scum from the ledge’ a few years ago. What do you think of that?”
Frits, who says he has known Wilders for forty years, said: “Yes, I don’t think those are the most brilliant qualifications. I would say: always take some time before answering and don’t start rambling, but journalists can also be annoying. Anyway, I’m not going to judge my colleague Floor.”
Fair question
Sam supports Floor. “It was a very fair question, right?”
Frits: “Yes, and apparently Geert didn’t feel like it. I’ve never had any problems with Geert Wilders. Of course, we also know each other from the time when he was a young employee at the VVD faction and I was an information officer at the CDA faction. I’ve never had that experience with Geert.”
Mouth
The men of Today Inside Wilders understand. “I’m having trouble with Floor. I think she’s a stubborn woman. Then she pulls her mouth like that and then a very annoying question comes up,” says Johan Derksen.
Colleague René van der Gijp: “A frugal mouth. Hahahaha!”
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