(ANSA) - Rome, July 25 - 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".
Salvini compares Boldrini to doll
Women aren't dolls replies Lower House speaker