False Claims About Husband Hit Danish Conservative Chief in Poll
- Soren Pape Poulsen retracts claims over husband’s origins
- Voters are turning on Poulsen with elections around the corner
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A Danish opposition leader is tripping up in an unusual scandal just ahead of a general election.
Soren Pape Poulsen, the leading challenger to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, is hemorrhaging support after acknowledging that he made false claims about the origins of his soon-to-be ex-husband, Josue Medina Vasquez. The two are in the process of divorcing.