Overview
- Lega vice-secretary Roberto Vannacci posted a photo of Florence’s Piazza della Passera sign with a caption jeering that Alessandra Nardini and Linda Vanni “would not come.”
- The online jibe followed an electoral stop in Montopoli in Val d’Arno where the mayor and the regional assessor handed him a copy of the Constitution and urged a refresher on antifascism.
- Nardini labeled the message a sexist attack, while the Tuscan PD organization denounced what it called vulgar and violent language.
- Florence mayor Sara Funaro called the remarks serious and shameful and urged Vannacci to apologize.
- Center-right candidate Alessandro Tomasi said he does not share the post, as figures including Governor Eugenio Giani and Laura Boldrini issued public condemnations, and no apology was reported.