the RN candidate in Carpentras, Christian Richaud Simoni, loses his nomination for racist and sexist tweets | EUROtoday

The National Rally (RN) introduced Wednesday February 4 to withdraw the nomination of its head of listing in Carpentras (Vaucluse), Christian Richaud Simoni, after the revelation, by Releaseprevious racist and sexist tweets.

“The National Rally discovered through the press, with amazement, old publications dating from 2017 posted online on social networks by Mr. Christian Richaud Simoni, head of the list in Carpentras”specifies the departmental delegate of the RN, Thierry d’Aigremont, in a press launch printed on X.

The RN, he continues, “unreservedly disapproves and condemns these messages of which he was unaware” And “in total contradiction with the values ​​and the project carried out” by the celebration. Accordingly, “the national nomination commission has decided to disinvest from this candidate immediately. He is also suspended from the RN pending being summoned before his disciplinary authorities”provides the press launch.

Danièle Obono and Omar Sy

In a web-based article printed earlier this week, Release reported dozens of racist and offensive tweets, some relationship again to 2017 and since deleted, focusing on particularly black personalities resembling LFI MP Danièle Obono or comic Omar Sy.

According to Ici Vaucluse, Mr. Richaud Simoni deleted his account on Wednesday morning earlier than reactivating it, with 300 fewer posts.

The RN specifies {that a} new head of the listing will probably be designated “very soon” in Carpentras. During the 2024 legislative elections, dozens of RN candidates had been singled out for contentious feedback printed on social networks, typically of a racist nature. Despite the dimensions of the phenomenon, Jordan Bardella tried to attenuate the phenomenon by saying that it was “bad apples” within the ranks of the RN.