Elisabeth R. and the "United Patriots" #fundie #wingnut #conspiracy #racist #transphobia washingtonexaminer.com
Elisabeth R., 75, an evangelical theologian and retired pastor and schoolteacher, was already well-known in German monarchist circles, being dubbed "the countess," according to T-Online[…]German press has dubbed her "Terror-Oma," or "Terror Granny," Bild reported[…]
The conspirators would destroy the country's power grid in order to trigger a blackout[…]In the resulting chaos, members would stage a coup, which would have apparently involved the conspirators kidnapping several celebrities, including Health Minister Karls Leuterbach, a central enemy in far-right circles in the country over his strict COVID-19 lockdown policies. The "United Patriots" Telegram chat named six ministers among them, apparently appointed by a "Prussian regent"[…]
Alongside Elisabeth R. as ringleaders of the group were a former East German Army officer and an East German Coast Guard seaman[…]
An AK-47 assault rifle was found in the home of one of the conspiracy members, along with ammunition, arrows, and a rapid-fire crossbow
Elisabeth R. was a member of Germany's Reichsburger[…]Many within these circles were aware of and actively discouraged the plot[…]
German radical drew enough attention from her writings to get her pension canceled, with the justification that she had "acted actively against the free democratic basic order[…]"She had discussed "asylum seeker tsunamis," "rape and slaughter," and the "secret remodeling of brain structures" through "genderism, digitization and 5G"
She also wrote extensively on the legal foundations for the illegitimacy of the modern democratic German state, claiming that the Versailles Treaty and Weimar Constitution were illegal