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She admitted she had made racist comments that included references to “Turkish monkeys” and a racial slur about black street hawkers. “I do not accept any kind of violence, racism or discrimination,” she said on Tuesday after admitting she had written “stupid or absurd” things in the past.It is the latest scandal to embarrass the three-week-old government led by Petteri Orpo, the prime minister and leader of the National Coalition Party, which won the elections.Article content
Mari Rantanen, the Eurosceptic party’s interior minister, said she was not a conspiracy theorist after media reports emerged alleging she believed Finns were being replaced by other races.