Trashman

Theodor Robert "Trashman" Mann (born December 28, 1991) is a German-Dutch politician from Doggerland serving as a Doggerland Senator from District 9 and the Deputy Leader of the Labor Worker's Party. He previously served as a Member of the National Assembly representing the Labor Worker's Party in the National Assembly. Before becoming Deputy Leader, he initially served as the Press Secretary. He was appointed as Deputy Leader by Mel on February 9, 2021, and earlier as Press Secretary by Robert La Follette on January 26, 2021. He is best known for his fantastic advertisement skills and ability to create ads in short periods of time, best shown during his tenure as Press Secretary. He is also credited with designing the logos for many provincial affiliate parties, campaigns, and arguably most notably, the 2021 Environmental Policy Summit in Port Nandels.

Early life and education
Theodor Mann was born in Vorlaender to a German fisherman and Dutch cook, living there until he was 8, when his parents divorced. Afterwards, he and his mother moved to Mistlân. This was where he was raised for the rest of his childhood. He was, "extensively bullied for my Dutch and German heritage by the English kids at (his) school." Allegedly, Trashman once hear a girl say, "No one will ever love that Trashman. Dutch people don't deserve it. They're just stupid and gross."

Trashman was seen as a gifted student, doing especially well in the subjects of History and English. However, despite meeting all of the requirements, he could not attend the top university of the nation, because his family was unable to pay the tuition. Some say this is what partially shaped his political views. He decided to instead attend community college and work as a freelancer afterwards.

Early career
He eventually became interested in politics, initially being a right-wing populist, stoking fears about English immigrants. This seemed to stem from his early life, where he was bullied by the English students at his schools. Eventually, Trashman became a socialist populist in early 2014. He claimed that the corporate overlords should be overthrown and that the means of production should be given to the hard-working people of Doggerland. He made sure to specify that these hard-working people were Dutch. Trashman became a progressive social-democrat in late 2016, and dropped the English fear mongering.

He then proceeded to run in the 2018 Mistlân city council election for his district. Despite polls showing a strong lead, and an endorsement from the mayor, he narrowly lost to liberal Klaartje Boermans. After the election, he decided to stay out of politics, and worked as a columnist for Da Zuidvis Dagblad, until the January 2021 legislative elections. He later joined the Labor Worker's Party, quickly rising up in the ranks before being appointed as Press Secretary. After Robert La Follette resigned on February 9th, 2021, he was appointed as Deputy Leader by Mel, who became the new leader. He subsequently ran in the leadership election, but lost to Mel.

Racism
For much of Trashman's political career, he was seen as a racist towards the English population. He often criticized the English, and claimed that they were the lazy and diluting the culture of Doggerland. He eventually stopped making these claims in late 2016, and apologized for them in July of 2017.

Doggish nationalists also allege that Trashman is racist towards the ethnically Doggish population of Doggerland. This is due to Trashman's severe criticism of the NPD, a Doggish terrorist and paramilitary group. Trashman once said, "These NPD people are trying to take away our country and hand it solely to the Doggish." This quote was taken out of context by the media, who lambasted Trashman for what seemed to be Doggish hatred. The original quote was, "These NPD people are trying to take away our country and hand it solely to the Doggish. Doggerland is not just Doggish, it is Dutch and English too. If the NPD cannot see that, they don't deserve Doggerland. All of us, Dutch, English, and Doggish, deserve Doggerland together."

Gaffes
Trashman has been at the center of a couple of notable gaffes throughout his career. One gaffe involving a word that "starts with an s and ends with a t" was invoked during his senate debate and threw into question his competence as a potential senator. Despite this, it has not impacted him quite so drastically to his polling and favorability. In fact, Mann was able to be elected as senator, so people managed to stomach that gaffe. Somehow.