coldjoint wrote: Wilders is an elected official.
Don't be too silly! He is no official at all, never has been, but is a Dutch politician who is the founder and the current leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV).
There 13 political parties nationally in the Netherlands (and in the lower Dutch chamber), on state (province) level and locally about 50 more.
Do you quote any leader of those if she/he says something, coldjoint?