Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears
By TPN/Lusa, in News · 11-01-2021 12:00:00 · 4 Comments
Invited to a small, windowless conference room in a hotel basement in Lisbon, most of the several dozen reporters decided to leave over fears of coronavirus contagion.
The election campaign launch by Portugal’s far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start when reporters walked out on his joint news conference with visiting French counterpart Marine Le Pen due to a lack of social distancing. Invited to a small, windowless conference room in a hotel basement in Lisbon, most of the several dozen reporters decided to leave over fears of coronavirus contagion. The two far-right leaders ended up speaking to the media outdoors before laying a wreath at the monument to fallen soldiers.
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Relegated to dark basements sums it up really. All over Europe the far-right is in decline, while their poster-boy Donald Trump is being deposed. I’m surprised that the journalists bothered at all. Perhaps they could comment on LePen’s irresponsibility in making the journey at all.
No, no bodies in the streets. The USA is doing quite well with refrigerated trucks and makeshift morgues.
No, no bodies in the streets. The USA is doing quite well with refrigerated trucks and make-shift mourges.
Theatre.
The coronavirus scam is a weapon used by goobermints to control their populations.
Bodies are not piling up in the streets.
Reporters are maggots. Be glad they left.