German far-right leader hails ‘historic’ election result

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) hailed the party’s election result Sunday after exit polls gave it a record 19.5 to 20 percent of the vote.

“We have achieved a historic result,” the party’s top candidate Alice Weidel told cheering supporters at the AfD’s election night party in Berlin, adding that the anti-immigration party was now “firmly anchored” in the political landscape.

Gunnar Beck, a member of the AfD party, joins us for an elections results analysis.