From Pd to Più Europa, the oppositions against La Russa: “Having you as president of the Senate is a disappointment”

The bust of the Duce he gave to his sister. A gay son “I would accept it with regret. Because a heterosexual person like me wants his son to look like him. But if he doesn’t look like me, never mind. It’s as if he were a Milan supporter”. She is controversy for yesterday’s show Ignatius LaRussa on TV, guest on Rai 2 in the program of Francesca FagnaniBeasts.

A chorus of indignation rises from Pd to + Europe at the words of the president of the Senate. “Having a father with busts of Mussolini in the bedroom is always a disappointment,” the Pd deputy wrote on Twitter Alexander Zan. The president of the senators also spoke among the dem Simon Malpezzi: “Ignazio La Russa is not a simple political exponent (and even in these cases one should avoid free words): he is the second office of the state and he must remember that as president of the Senate, even when he goes on television, he represents the institution he drives. He therefore has a duty to be serious. His words, reported by the press that anticipate his interview with Beasts, are unacceptable: offensive, divisive, stereotyped, sexist – continued Malpezzi – I would like to tell the president that it’s about being politically correct or not: it’s about respecting the institutions that we represent and that we will continue to defend”.

He also condemns La Russa’s sentences Ilenia Malavasi, deputy of the Democratic Party: “Homophobia, sexism, fascism, teasing, arrogance. But does Italy really deserve a president of the Senate of this level?”, asked du Twitter. “Disgusted by the words of the president of the Senate” is Eleanor Evenational co-spokesperson of Green Europe and deputy of Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra: “It is unacceptable that, in the 21st century, there are still people who think that sexual orientation is a choice or a matter of preference, like rooting for a football team: a serious mistake that demonstrates a lack of understanding and respect for LGBTQ+ people.The fact that these words are spoken by one of the highest officials in the state is even more worrying for the negative impact that this type of discriminatory language can have on the lives of many – added Evi – For these reasons, we ask for the immediate resignation of La Russa, in the belief that it is time to put an end to this type of behavior and to show respect and acceptance towards everyone, regardless of sexual orientation , teaching our children to love and accept themselves and others for who they are.”

President La Russa “forgets his role as second-in-charge of the state and succeeds in the miraculous feat of expressing himself inadequately about women and homosexuals in the same interview”., is the comment of the senator Silvia Fregolent, of the presidency of the Action Group – Italia Viva – Renew Europe. “I don’t know whether to hope that the statements of the president of the Senate are the result of a desire to turn everything into a joke or are really responsive to his thoughts of him. In any case we must worry”, he specified again.

Più Europa decides to intervene on its social channels: “President La Russa, having a gay son is not a displeasure at all. Displeasure is having busts of the Duce in full view and bragging about them. It is feeling nostalgic for those who eliminated political opponents, issued racial laws, canceled all democratic freedoms and deported thousands of our compatriots, some of them children, to concentration camps.It is deciding not to celebrate April 25. It is not loving your children for who they are and not for what you would like them to be. The regret, Ignazio La Russa, is that she is the one who inadequately represents the second office of the state. We are proud and happy not to look like her”.

In the aftermath of the interview it was La Russa who returned to his statements: “I read of many criticisms that come from those who have not even seen the program, since it is aired tonight, without understanding the context. I answered a specific question that having a gay son would be a small disappointment, but not a problem. Then it happened to me for real: one of my sons went to the stadium to see Milan, and for me it was a minor disappointment, nothing more.”