Centre-left Lombardy governor
candidate Giorgio Gori responded to his centre-right rival
Attilio Fontana's warning that migrants pose a threat to "the
white race" by saying the campaign for the March 4 elections
could do without "hysteria and demagoguery".
"Election campaign: there are those who talk of pitchforks
and white race. We talk about training, jobs, growth, and
Europe", Bergamo Mayor Gori said on Facebook.
Gori launched an appeal to Lombardy voters, saying "you
choose: we must #DoBetter, without hysteria and demagoguery".
Gori later described Fontana as being a more moderate-looking
version of the League's firebrand leader Matteo Salvini.
"Fontana is Salvini in a jacket and tie," said Gori.
"I think that Fontana, who is presented as a moderate
candidate of the League, in fact has shown his true colours, a
Salvini in jacket and tie, or rather more a (Mario) Borhezio
than Salvini.
Borghezio, a League MEP, has been in legal trouble for
anti-immigrant acts on several occasions.
Lombardy and Lazio are going to the polls to elect new
regional governments on March 4, the same day as the general
election.
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