# Spokesperson for Geert Wilder's anti-immigrant party blows party funds on drugs

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**Created:** [March 25, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166 "2016-03-25T21:09:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166/1 "2016-03-25T21:09:15Z")

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[Geert Wilders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders), the Netherlands version of Donald Trump, is leader of the biggest political party of the Netherlands. His PVV is very similar to Trumps party: anti immigrant and anti the political “establishent”.

But time and time again, his staffers and party members turn out to be incompetent lowlifes. A higher percentage of them have been involved in violent or financial scandals, then from any other party. Ironically, the percentage of PVV-politicians with a criminal record is now higher then the percentage of our most criminal ethnic minority, second generation Moroccan immigrants.

But todays news takes the cake. Wilders closest staffer is a guy by the name of Michael Heemels. He was both the national spokesperson for the party, and leader for the PVV in the regional government. [And today it was proven that he has stolen about 250.000 USD and spent it all on an addiction to drugs.](http://www.politico.eu/article/geert-wilders-pvv-spokesman-quits-after-blowing-party-cash-on-drugs-and-booze/)

So _those_ are the kind of people drawn to an anti-immigrant party.

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166/2 "2016-03-25T23:03:31Z")

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When I heard it on the radio today, I couldn’t help but laugh. A lot.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166/3 "2016-03-26T00:23:01Z")

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I really like the name Geert.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166/4 "2016-03-26T02:11:26Z")

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Please tell me there were hookers involved as well? And that his drug of choice was cocaine in crystal form?

😃

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**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166/5 "2016-03-26T14:49:54Z")

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Geert Wilder’s sounds like a brand of bourbon.