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German leftist leader hit with cake over migrant crisis

‘Anti-fascist’ activists say they struck opposition politician Sahra Wagenknecht with cake after she called for limits to refugee influx

By AP 29 May 2016, 6:38 am

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Germany's main opposition leader Sahra Wgenknecht has her face covered with cream after activists threw a cake at her during a party congress in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, May 28, 2016. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

BERLIN — A German opposition leader had a cake shoved in her face at a party meeting — an apparent protest against her position that not all refugees can come to Germany.

An activist threw the cake Saturday at Left Party parliamentary co-leader Sahra Wagenknecht in Magdeburg, the dpa news agency reported. A group calling itself the “Anti-Fascist Initiative ‘Cake for Misanthropes'” distributed flyers pointing to Wagenknecht’s refugee comments as the motive.

Wagenknecht has highlighted limits to Germany’s ability to take in migrants, saying that “not all refugees can come to Germany.” That has put her at odds with others in her party.

The Left Party is the biggest opposition group in the German Parliament but has seen its support slip as the nationalist Alternative for Germany party woos protest voters.