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in April calling on him to lift the lockdown restrictions. Grosse's deputy Denise Wendt, who was also deputy federal chairwoman, intervened against the letter and publicly called for Grosse's resignation, which initially resulted in Wendt being suspended by the state executive committee for
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disloyalty. Aiwanger, in turn, called for the suspension to be lifted. The federal executive committee then removed Grosse as state chairman.
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