The social media posts from the Moderates on May Day have caused strong reactions. The picture of ministers Ulf Kristersson and Elisabeth Svantesson enjoying a glass of wine, with the caption: “The feeling when it’s Friday, free and you don’t have to take a train.”
The posts have thousands of reactions and negative comments. Many criticize the ministers for being free thanks to the labor movement: “Tone-deaf,” “historyless,” “disgusting” are some of the comments.
Håkan Juholt, former Social Democratic leader, writes, “No, the prime minister should not mock people who gather for an idea they believe in.”
Author and debater Alexandra Pascalidou writes, “Mocking those who fight for a better world is tone-deaf and out of touch with the world.”
"The feeling when you piss on the commitment of the entire labor movement," writes podcaster and TV producer Hanna Persson on Instagram, according to Aftonbladet.
But the Moderate Party's press chief Amos Friedman responds: "I think there are quite a few people who recognize that it is nice to eat ice cream when it is warm outside and the sun is shining. In addition, it is quite nice not to have to go on a May Day train where unpleasant things are often chanted," he writes in an email to TT.
