The mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard, close to the RN candidate Marine Le Pen, denounced on Sunday the positions "
to the detriment of people's lives
" on the vaccination against Covid-19 of the candidates Nicolas Dupont-Aignan and Florian Philippot.
“
They're smart enough that I don't think for a moment they believe what they say.
(They do this) to grab a few votes, to find a small political niche
, ”accused Robert Ménard on Radio J.
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"
I do not mind that we flatter in the direction of the hair this or that part of his electorate (...) but not when it comes to doing it to the detriment of people's lives
", he said. insisted: "
Those like Mr. Dupont-Aignan, like Mr. Philippot, who have fun to win a few votes by saying a certain number of monstrosities, senseless nonsense (...), they take on a responsibility that means that tomorrow I wouldn't imagine sitting at the same table
" as them.
To the journalist who asked him if these political leaders had according to him "
deaths on their conscience
", he replied: "
Of course they have dead on their conscience
".
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Debout la France) is a despiser of the health pass and the vaccination pass.
He is also critical of the vaccine campaign and skeptical of the efficacy and safety of serums, however judging in a statement on Twitter on Sunday that “
maybe sometimes the vaccine can protect fragile people
”.
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Florian Philippot (Les Patriotes) regularly questions the effectiveness of vaccination against Covid-19.
This former right-hand man of Marine Le Pen before his departure from the FN in 2017 holds weekly demonstrations in Paris against the government's health policy.
