The leader of the rightwing
anti-immigrant Northern League party has compared Lower House
Speaker Laura Boldrini to a blow-up doll, sources said Monday.
"Boldrini's double is here on stage - I don't know if she's been
exhibited yet," Matteo Salvini said at a rally of the small
opposition party last Friday night in the town of Soncino, in
Cremona province, indicating a blow-up doll. Video footage of
the incident has been circulating online, sparking criticism.
"Women are not dolls and the political battle is carried out
with arguments - for those who have any - and not with insults,"
Boldrini replied on Facebook. "I leave it up to the rest of you
to comment".
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