He said many eastern Germans felt that Merkel, who grew up in the former East Germany, had betrayed them by not doing more to improve living conditions in the east. "I voted for AfD and I'm very content with the results." In Saxony, where Bautzen is located, it narrowly topped Merkel's CDU to become the biggest party, with 27 percent. "The people who voted for AfD are not bad people," he told The Associated Press. But he emphasized the AfD would not shirk from its anti-migrant stance, saying "we want to take our country back."

Source: ABC News September 25, 2017 11:26 UTC