Morten Messerschmidt criticized Lars Løkke Rasmussen for allegedly saying to Berlingske that the voters of the Danish People's Party lacked knowledge and education. Messerschmidt felt that the statement suggested that the voters were idiots, and he called it disrespectful to the 14 percent of Danes who, according to him, would vote for the party – over 600,000 people. He wrote that voters could be called uneducated if the desire to protect Denmark, deport criminal foreigners, lower VAT and taxes, or give families more time together was viewed that way. Messerschmidt stated that he himself saw the desire to take care of Denmark as an expression of education and thanked the voters of the Danish People's Party for their courage. #DanskPolitik #DF #Vælgere (translated)