Roberto Vannacci is notorious in Italy for racist and homophobic comments. Nevertheless, party leader Salvini wants the general to run for the Lega party in the European election campaign. For many party members, a statement against people with disabilities is now the limit.
He is not known for sensitive statements, but when reading this statement even some sympathizers took their breath away: General Roberto Vannacci recently demanded in an interview with the Turin daily newspaper that students with disabilities should be separated from other students and taught separately. “La Stampa”. In this way, the stronger students could be optimally supported. “I believe that school must be hard and selective because life is just as hard and selective,” Vannacci said.
Source: Stern
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