En ornament of Christmas cribs, it is common to find figurines there, these clay figurines bearing the effigy of the Child Jesus, Joseph, or even the Three Kings. And then, there are more original ones, used for rather atypical decorations, like the nursery of Marine Le Pen. A statuette of Didier Raoult proudly sits in the middle of the Nativity scene that the presidential candidate made at the end of the year. Le Figaro spotted the presence of this tiny version of the infectious disease specialist, to the left of the Virgin Mary and an ox, watching attentively the end-of-year wishes sent by the president of the National Gathering from YouTube, Friday, December 24.
Immaculate blouse revealing the collar of a pink shirt, graying beard, mid-length blonde hair… No doubt, this is the outgoing director of the Mediterranean Infection Hospital-University Institute (IHU), who promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine in the fight against Covid-19. Marine Le Pen had acquired this santon during a trip to the Old Port of Marseille, last November.
“It is because it is criticized that I bought it”
In front of the cameras, the candidate for the presidential election of 2022 had commented on her unusual purchase: “It is because it is criticized that I bought it. Unanimity against him is unfair. I don’t like lynchings. This form of hypocrisy makes him sympathetic to me. “So” sympathetic “that Marine Le Pen has intentionally chosen not to leave it in her cupboards and to display, once again, her support for the maligned doctor.
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