Kim Jong-min: "If Lee Jae-myung Doesn't Break Up with His 'Gaeddal', He Will Fall into a Quagmire"

Within the Democratic Party of Korea, as calls grow for leader Lee Jae-myung to break ties with his hardline fandom, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Jong-min expressed concern that if Lee does not sever ties with the so-called 'Gaeddal' hardline fandom, he will "sink into a swamp."

On the 23rd, Kim said on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' "This is the most serious situation I've experienced while in the Democratic Party."

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He stated that if Lee does not break ties with the hardline fandom, "then he will just sink," and questioned, "They collectively attack and use violence just because of some differing opinions, but would ordinary citizens entrust their sovereignty to them? If my thoughts go there, they won't be respected, so how could I add my vote to that?"

Kim said, "It seems that Lee thinks like this: This behavior is indeed wrong. However, these people are all our party members, and they are trying hard to support the Democratic Party, so they sometimes go too far, but he keeps telling them to stop. But what more can he do beyond that?" He added, "I am not saying we should attack these people by calling them Gaeddal or some fandom, but we must prevent this behavior."

He viewed the formation of the Democratic Party's hardline fandom as stemming from the National Intelligence Service (NIS) comment manipulation incident. Kim said, "Our Democratic Party has rarely experienced such things until now. But as I recall, the NIS psychological warfare unit started comment operations involving violence, insults, psychological warfare, and pressure, and this comment culture began to form. While fighting against these people, our Democratic Party supporters also began to learn and become contaminated by this."

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