(Lévis) François Legault “only tolerates people who think like him,” said Éric Duhaime in front of more than a thousand supporters gathered in Lévis. The leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec offered a scathing retort to his CAQ opponent who compared him to Donald Trump and claimed that he “disqualified” himself from the post of Prime Minister by playing the role of “agitator” for two years.
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“By extension, when he says that I am disqualified because I do not agree with all his ideas and that I criticize his ways of doing things, then his way of managing, he is telling you that you too you are disqualified,” he said, prompting strong reactions from the crowd.
“Shame on Legault! exclaimed one activist.
The Conservative leader added to it. “He is telling us that Quebecers who do not agree with François Legault, we must disqualify them and that he only tolerates people who think like him. »
More than a thousand people gathered at the Lévis Convention Center for the last major rally of the election campaign. Two people had to be evacuated by paramedics after becoming unwell.
The CAQ leader went into attack mode on Friday, the day after the Radio-Canada leaders’ debate and two days before the advance poll. François Legault compared his conservative opponent to Donald Trump, accusing him of denying “the reality of the figures”.
Éric Duhaime made fun of these remarks without revealing what he thinks of the former American president. “The comparison is completely ridiculous,” he said. There is no one who thinks I am a Donald Trump look-alike either ideologically or physically.
“I don’t have much in common with the former American president,” he added. It does not mean that I consider it or that I do not consider it. »
Earlier in the day, Éric Duhaime considered the exit of François Legault as a desperate gesture ten days before the ballot.