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An activist once dubbed the 'anti-Greta Thunberg' has fled Europe and applied for political asylum in the United States, claiming years of harassment, surveillance, and death threats have left her fearing she'll be murdered if she ever returns. Naomi Seibt, 25, from Germany, shot to fame in 2019 after her YouTube videos challenging climate change alarmism went viral, sparking comparisons to Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. Her views on illegal mass immigration and her pro-life stance on abortion rights have also gained traction online. Seibt has also been accused of heaping praise on an alleged white nationalist and criticised for her support of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party. Due to her opinions, Seibt claims she was followed in the street, called a 'Nazi' and 'racist,' targeted by Antifa extremists, and even placed under illegal surveillance by German police. Following the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk in September and the attempt on U.S. President Donald Trump's life last year, Seibt believes outspoken conservatives are being hunted by people who have been radicalised with far-left ideologies. Explaining that she believes her death would serve to silence her and deter others from speaking out, in an exclusive interview with Daily Mail from Washington, D.C., she says: 'If I went to Europe, it would be extremely useful to kill me. And I do believe there is a chance that would occur. That's why I'm here. I'm not at the same level of danger here.' According to her, even Elon Musk, with who she has struck up a friendship after he agreed with her views online, has privately told her he would never travel to Europe as he fears for his life. She claims: 'Elon Musk himself would not go to Europe. He refuses to go, especially to Germany. He has said that very clearly to me personally. He was invited to a big event in Austria, and I asked him if he would go. 'He made it clear that they underestimated the threat level of going to Europe, so he wouldn't do it.' Asked to clarify the threats he believed he'd face on the continent, she says: 'Assassination. That's very clearly what he was referring to.' Although Seibt and Musk have interacted publicly on social media, Daily Mail has not seen evidence of private communications where Musk expressed these concerns. Speaking about being targeted by far-left extremists, she adds: 'They have been trained to see us as monsters. If you put me in a room with someone who's from Antifa, I would encourage them to have a conversation with me, and they would most likely shut it down. Because they see me, and they see a Nazi. 'If you train someone to believe that somebody else is the monster, you basically train them like soldiers. The second they see me, and associate me with all the emotions that I've been accumulating in them, they want to destroy me, whatever it takes.' 'They tell themselves they are against Nazis, but the irony is that they are the ones who want to restrict free speech - that's what Hitler wanted to do.' She says her security concerns were validated when she claims, police dismissed her fears after she started receiving death threats. She says: 'I have become a very big target, obviously, of Antifa, so I receive death threats, sometimes even still in my emails. 'I went to the police on multiple occasions and they told me, as long as no harm has been done to me, as long as I've not been raped or killed, there's nothing they can do.' Seibt claims that the 'harassment' began shortly after she was labelled the Anti-Greta Thunberg. 'I had a certain impact in Germany because I was the very first, young, blonde, girly voice for a more right-wing movement, and I became known as the anti-Greta Thunberg', she says. 'I just became more involved in this whole community of scientists who were sceptical of climate change. And so I made this video where I just asked these kinds of questions. And that went viral. 'Then I was asked to participate in the Climate Sceptic Conference in Germany, and then I became known in the media as the Anti-Greta Thunberg. 'And this is when I started being harassed even more by Antifa and by the media because they were deliberately trying to frame me in a narrative that I was some far-right chick, and the poster girl for the right.' Before long, the threats had taken a sinister turn, she claims. 'And that's when the Antifa death threats started happening, because everything that I had online was just very public, everything was disclosed,' she states. 'And I got super scared, because I have a little sister, and I have a single mom, and so we're all girls, essentially. We didn't have anyone to protect us.' She recalls being recognised at a climate change protest and confronted by men she believes were linked to Antifa. 'They were these big, buff guys, and they were slowly walking towards me,' she notes. 'They backed me against a tree. And then eventually the police noticed it, and they came. 'In the end, I was the one who ended up being pulled away as the police said I was provoking the group. I was shocked - I hadn't said a word to them. But the police said they knew I was the one causing trouble because they knew who I was.' The incident, she explains, left her shaken and humiliated. 'They treated me as though I was the threat,' she asserts. 'My mere existence was threatening to these big Antifa guys.' That's when I asked myself if the police would ever be there for me in these types of dangerous situations.' Online, she says the abuse only escalated. After an interview, which she claims she was 'pressured' into, aired on national television in 2019, Seibt says the comments section was filled with vicious personal insults as she was portrayed as a ' dangerous Nazi girl.' She explains: 'Obviously, in Germany, that's the one allegation that you don't want to have put on you. I never identified with any of these beliefs. 'After the interview, I got increasingly more death threats. At that time, I was so underweight, and I had terrible inflammation in my face as I was ill. I got many hate comments afterwards, with some going as far as calling me a crack w****. 'And that's why I was even more scared of these death threats, because I knew I was way too frail. So, if somebody attacks me, it's over.' Seibt notes that her family also became targets - her address became public because as per German law, anyone who runs a professional website or monetised YouTube channel must list an address. She says this made her vulnerable, and people began to stalk her. The most disturbing messages, she claims, were aimed at her little sister after she gave a speech in parliament questioning the PCR tests used during the pandemic. She explains: 'I got death threats online and people were commenting about my little sister, and then someone at some point, threatened that they would want to rape my sister. That was the most shocking thing for me. 'There was nothing I could do. She is just a normal teenager who never deserved to be dragged into this. I wanted to protect her at all costs.' Seibt insists she became increasingly convinced that authorities were not only failing to protect her, but actively monitoring her. 'I found out this year that last year I was, some of my phone calls had been intercepted by the federal German police because they were looking for someone,' she claims. 'Then I filed an official request to the German intelligence community to see how much information they had retained about me, because you can do that in Germany. 'And then they have to, at the very least, give you some vague estimation of what they have on you. I just received an email two months ago, saying that they are still assembling all the information because it's a lot.' Daily Mail has not seen evidence of the alleged interception. German police have not responded to requests for comment. Seibt claims the hatred was not only confined to left-wing extremists. She recalls a time when she was severely ill and had to be rushed to the hospital. Describing an 'uncomfortable incident, she says: 'Some of the nurses knew who I was, and they were talking behind my back, and that was the most uncomfortable position to be in. 'I had a doctor come up to me two days after I was in the hospital, and he said to me, "You are going to die anyway."' Seibt says the frequency of the attacks led her to flee to the US in September last year. Although she was planning on visiting for just a month, she ended up extending her stay and decided to file for asylum last month. 'I made the honestly difficult decision to apply for asylum,' she states. 'If I just wanted to stay in America, I could have easily applied for something like a journalism visa. Applying for asylum has made my personal life more difficult. 'I cannot leave the country, which means I can't see my family. There's a very, very good chance that I'm not going to see my grandma anymore as she's quite old. But I feel like it had to be done because I need this official protection from the US government. 'Otherwise, I'm worried that at some point they will try to blackmail me by harming my family in Germany, and I just want to be completely disassociated from that, and have the official protection from the American government. 'This will allow me to continue to speak freely and expose more information about what I know to be true about the German government.' When she declared her intention to vote for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on X, she was stunned when the platform's owner, Elon Musk, reached out and showed his support and also backed the party. In May this year, Germany's domestic spy agency designated the AfD as a 'right-wing extremist party', a move that Seibt condemns. 'The AFD obviously is the strongest opposition party at this point. They are now at 27 per cent voter support. It makes them the most popular party in Germany, and they are at risk of being banned currently.' She also said supporters and people linked to the AfD have been put under constant surveillance, a claim that has not been substantiated by Daily Mail. Seibt says she was targeted with more death threats after her public interactions with Musk. Seibt remarks that the Tesla founder, named the richest man in the world, warned her never to return to Europe, as it was unsafe. 'As soon as I detach myself from America, I will no longer have any protection,' she says. I addressed this with Elon personally at some point in messages, and he agreed that it would be too dangerous to go to Europe, and I should definitely not do that.' Believing that Europe is no longer a place where opinions could be shared freely, she welcomes reports that Donald Trump is considering granting asylum to Europeans who have been targeted online for their opinions. Trump and his administration, including Musk, who held an appointment until May this year, have regularly hit out at what they note is a restriction on free speech. 'That came very out of the blue, and I obviously support it,' Seibt says. 'This probably has to do a lot with the work that Vice President J.D. Vance has already done, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who have openly spoken about the threat to free speech, or the threat from within, as J.D. Vance called it. It's where citizens are being arrested for memes and communications online.' 'In my personal opinion, I honestly think that this is a reason to claim that you are being persecuted by the government.' Although freedom of speech in Germany is guaranteed in Article 5 of the Basic Law, which is the German constitution, there are limits. It is a crime to insult others in the country. Spreading and demeaning others is also prohibited. This means that Germany has tighter laws governing what a person can say. Seibt alleges that authorities go to great lengths to enforce this. She declares: 'The problem is you can stretch the definition so much that even if any average citizen posts something like a poop emoji next to a politician, they could be fined, sometimes up to thousands of Euros. Sometimes, people have their homes raided.' Earlier this year, cops launched a nationwide operation against online hate speech and incitement. It was reported that the crackdown was targeting individuals who insulted politicians and incited hostility towards a particular group. One conservative lawmaker said at the time: 'Digital arsonists should not be able to hide behind their cellphones or computers.' But Seibt has condemned the move, saying: 'In one day, they raided around 170 homes. Without a trial, they confiscate these people's phones, and they don't get them back. They also don't get a chance to defend themselves in court. 'To me, that screams tyranny, because you cannot even criticise your politicians, or you have to fear that it will be counted as a form of defamation, or damaging their reputation, which is what this law applies to. 'If you're gonna say that you have free speech in the country, then this needs to be eliminated.' But observers in favour of the law say it is necessary as far-right ideology is linked to the 40 per cent rise in politically motivated crimes in the country. Last year, they soared to 84,172 - almost half of them were motivated by far-right talking points, according to figures. Some have said Seibt's public opinions go beyond the limits of what is acceptable. When challenged about the risk of generalisation, she insists: 'If you take a look at the crime statistics in Germany, every single time, these immigrants that we have imported are vastly overrepresented, and the worst country of origin for this is Afghanistan. 'Putting your own country first is not a negative thing, and it is not racist. I think it's crucial - that's what we elect the government for - to protect us. Our women are being raped at such a disproportionately high rate. 'Many of the immigrants, I'm sure, are super nice. But is there a reason why we should risk it all instead of figuring out what the original problem is in the first place? 'Of course, it's not everyone, but you have a duty to protect your own people first, because we are sacrificing, especially our women and children.' At the root of the problem, she believes, is a lack of patriotism across Europe. With flags being taken down in Germany and Europe, she believes the wrong message is being sent. 'Being patriots at the very end of everything should be the core value. I don't see that in Germany and Europe. If we had both the left and right being patriots above all, then I think we could communicate with each other way more. 'In America, you're not gonna find, like, reasonable Democrats who would burn the American flag. Actually, if you go to a Democratic political event, you will still see the American flag everywhere. They just interpret the American flag differently.' Despite what some believe are controversial opinions, Seibt insists she's neither a racist nor a Nazi and says she welcomes opposing views. She explains: 'The best thing we can do is to keep having conversations about these topics. 'And if we allow these free conversations online and in real life, and we have more discussion forums in that way, we would have a better chance of finding more commonalities than anything else.' While her critics argue that she fuels division, her supporters see her as a symbol of free speech in Europe. Seibt, however, maintains she is unfairly vilified.
