Surfing the anti-vaxxer wave, a Latvian “serial politician” tries, tries again

The “serial politician” in the headline, Ainārs Šlesers, has also been a “serial entrepreneur”, actually a semi-praiseworthy description, since it involves, often, a blend of success and failure, moving on from setbacks with the “try, try again” mentality.

Šlesers’ presence at two recent anti-vaxxer and covid-skeptic rallies can be seen as the kickoff of his campaign, yet again with a new Latvia First party, to become Prime Minister of the Baltic nation in elections to be held in the fall of 2022 —…