By Months: Rain Epler

Total Months: 19

Fully Profiled: 19

10.2025

48 Speeches

The style is formal and directly questioning, employing the mode of address appropriate for a session of the Riigikogu. The rhetoric is analytical and challenging, pressuring the minister to provide concrete examples of their actions. The speaker uses the minister's own previous quotes to frame their questions and demand accountability.
09.2025

35 Speeches

The speaker's style is highly aggressive, critical, and dramatic, often employing strongly emotionally charged terms such as "liberal democratic totalitarianism," "mongrel language," and "thought police." He draws on historical and literary parallels (George Orwell) and directly accuses opponents of lying and incompetence, labeling them "political hacks" and "marionettes." Nevertheless, he backs up his arguments with specific facts and statistics, even recommending reading Charles Bukowski's poems to practice brevity.
06.2025

43 Speeches

The rhetorical style is sharply aggressive, ironic, and sarcastic, particularly regarding the activities of the ERJK (Party Financing Supervision Committee) and the politicians of the Reform Party. It employs strong emotional appeals (warnings about dictatorship, the theme of the deep state) while simultaneously relying on detailed facts and calculations to counter the opponents' "fairy tales." It frequently draws on examples from everyday life and absurd bureaucracy.
05.2025

65 Speeches

The style is predominantly combative, sarcastic, and blunt, employing strong language ("liberal elite," "hot air," "virtue signaling," "the steamroller"). It combines fact-based criticism (numbers, forecasts) with an ideological framework, often referencing historical or international parallels (Lysenko, the Soviet Union, the Spanish power outage). Procedural questions are used to challenge the session chairman and accuse opponents of demagoguery.
04.2025

54 Speeches

The rhetoric is predominantly combative and critical, employing strong accusations (e.g., "predatory capitalism," "lied," "simpletons"). The style is a blend of detailed, data-driven arguments (especially concerning energy issues) and emotional appeals (family livelihoods, national interests). It utilizes irony and political theater metaphors to describe the actions of opponents, while simultaneously striving to keep presentations short yet substantive.
03.2025

17 Speeches

The rhetorical style is sharply aggressive, ironic, and sarcastic, employing strong language (e.g., "cynical calculation," "ideological nonsense") and personal accusations. The speaker poses numerous rhetorical questions to expose the opponents' past contradictions and unethical behavior, and relies on facts and analogies to support their arguments. They also use colorful metaphors, referring to Eesti 200 as "a black hole."
02.2025

18 Speeches

The speaker's style is predominantly combative, ironic, and sharply critical, especially directed at the Board of the Riigikogu and the ministers. He employs strong emotional appeals and direct accusations (lying, foolish talk, repression) and highlights the hypocrisy of the liberals. To conclude the speech, he used the metaphor of the song "Pohmela" (Hangover), which originated from the Republic's Anniversary concert, to call upon the coalition "to sober up."
01.2025

45 Speeches

The tone is predominantly confrontational, critical, and ironic, especially when directed at the Prime Minister and the ministers (e.g., references to "simpletons," "fairy tales," and "boastful" assertions). It utilizes both logical arguments (statistics, economic examples, references to scientists) and emotional appeals (restoring normalcy, ensuring families can cope financially). The style is direct and often provocative, urging ministers to be courageous and revise their positions more quickly.
12.2024

19 Speeches

The speaker’s style is predominantly combative and sharply critical, often employing emotional and colorful expressions like "screw-up" and "idiotic posturing." The focus is on exposing the hypocrisy and demagoguery of opponents (ministers, the session chair), favoring personal and procedural attacks alongside logical arguments. The speaker maintains a formal tone but does not shy away from using direct and provocative wording.
11.2024

38 Speeches

The rhetorical style is combative, sharply critical, and often confrontational, employing strong language to condemn the government's actions (e.g., "strangles," "lying politicians," "fantasy world"). The speaker relies on facts and statistics (such as price hikes), but presents them within a strong ideological framework. They frequently use rhetorical questions to cast doubt on the honesty and competence of their opponents.
10.2024

73 Speeches

The speaker's style is predominantly combative, sharp, and often ironic, particularly when summarizing the responses of the ministers (Ligi, Svet). He/She employs strong language (e.g., "banana republic," "Putinistic narrative," "demagoguery") and directly accuses the ministers of lying and rudeness. The rhetoric balances fact-based questions (budget figures) with emotional and value-based appeals (the sense of security for families, the protection of children, the threat posed by the "woke agenda"). The formal address ("Mr. Minister") stands in stark contrast to the aggressive nature of the content.
09.2024

32 Speeches

The tone is predominantly combative, critical, and direct, utilizing strong and colorful expressions like "class hatred narrative," "steamroller politics," "Simpletons," and "impasse." It employs logical arguments (economic logic, mathematics) mixed with emotional appeals (harassment of private owners, thoughtcrime). The text frequently features procedural disputes and personal criticism directed at ministers, accusing them of misleading the public and speaking in half-truths.
07.2024

17 Speeches

The rhetorical style is highly polemical, dramatic, and urgent, employing strong moral judgments and accusations (e.g., "stupid or working consciously and cynically," "theatre of the absurd"). The appeals are primarily emotional and value-based, urging colleagues to "do not enact [this]" and to "look in the mirror." Quotation marks are frequently used to underscore the irony, such as when referring to making the tax "better."
06.2024

22 Speeches

The tone is predominantly combative, ironic, and sharp, utilizing strong accusations (lying, breaking promises) and rhetorical questions (e.g., on the theme of taking poison). The style is formal yet emotionally charged, combining procedural criticism (ignoring the legal department) with political attacks (the coalition's dishonesty) and appealing to the livelihood of families.
05.2024

36 Speeches

The rhetorical style is combative, direct, and often sharp, employing strong language such as "judicial atrocity" and "the fake-green woke agenda." It demands concrete answers from ministers, threatening not to listen to their "waffling" otherwise. It uses real-life examples and anecdotes to illustrate its arguments (e.g., Mari's story, the wood-stove heating example) and criticizes the opponents' rhetoric as "pseudo-scientific" or consisting of "slogans akin to building communism."
04.2024

51 Speeches

The speaker's style is combative, sharply critical, and often ironic, employing strong and emotional expressions (e.g., "foolish nonsense," "Satanic misanthropic sects"). He frequently uses lengthy metaphors and comparisons (such as Germany's energy policy or the "Die Hard" film) and accuses ministers of demagoguery and the use of "Newspeak." The presentation itself is formal, but its goal is to provoke and exert emotional influence.
03.2024

64 Speeches

The rhetorical style is sharply confrontational and critical, often employing irony and sarcasm, especially regarding the responses given by the Prime Minister and ministers (e.g., the visit of bank executives to the PM). The speaker emphasizes the importance of sources and facts, but blends this with emotional appeals (e.g., the situation of families with children). They frequently raise procedural questions (acoustics, rules) and accuse their opponents of demagoguery and lying.
02.2024

5 Speeches

The speaker's rhetorical style is analytical but often confrontational, especially when criticizing the economic views of the Social Democrats. He frequently employs rhetorical questions to cast doubt on his opponents' positions (e.g., their concern regarding profit-making). The tone is formal and centers on logical oppositions (entrepreneurship vs. collecting and redistributing money).
01.2024

47 Speeches

The rhetorical style is analytical, yet sharply critical and often skeptical, particularly concerning the ministers' responses. Historical parallels and metaphors are employed (such as Germany's "wonder child" of the green transition, or Ansip's "lemonade machine"). This style demands passionate and convincing answers, while criticizing the Prime Minister's monotonous "recitation" or "rattling off." He/She frequently poses questions by citing reliable sources and data to preempt counterarguments.