For his only press point on a campaign in which he is no longer a candidate, Remi Gaillard had invited and reserved the surprise of his words to his two acolytes Clothilde Ollier and Alenka Doulain, now running mats of Mohed Altrad who he didn’t know about. The clown dropped his red nose to target Michaël Delafosse offering a last streak with a strange taste in these municipal at Montpellier.
Back to the campaign
With Rémi Gaillard, you have to expect everything. All the more so when, the unique thing of this campaign, he invites two journalists and the members of the GOD trio to express themselves. Alenka Doulain and Clothilde Ollier, also accompanied by two journalists, as well as their usual bodyguards, film crews included, the press conference quickly became a one-man show offered live to the entourage of the two running mates of Mohed Altrad . Certain video sequences will undoubtedly be exploited on social networks as is customary in this campaign.
If Rémi Gaillard wanted to indulge in a small committee, it is a failure. He returned first to this first round where he failed for 212 votes, “We were the most ecological campaign with zero leaflets and no wild posting, the cheapest and most civic campaign. I am proud of all the people who followed us and not only those who were on the list ”.
He cannot then contain his emotion when, when evoking this commitment in the municipal councils on behalf of his dog and his congeners, he confesses: I did not do the 3 or 4% that the other candidates might have hoped for. We almost made 10% and when a clown makes 10% it’s not funny. We have seen it in history. I have never compared myself to Coluche. He did something at the national level and I know how to stay in my place. ” Referring to his Anymal project as Restos du Coeur for dogs, he hopes that, even if he fails, “whatever the candidate, whether socialist or out of system, I hope we will do it anyway because ‘they deserve it “.
The GOD trio and the alliance with Mohed Altrad
Then comes the in-between towers and the story that everyone now knows. First of all this trio of which he says: “The alliance with Alenka and Clothilde, are also clowns finally. It was manipulation but with a lot of tenderness because I love them and they know it ”. The audience begins to laugh.
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Having managed to place 22 running mate of the GOD trio, Rémi Gaillard argues his decision to support Mohed Altrad: “When I see that the Greens are negotiating ten seats, it is an advertisement for the PS, because they will not be able to decide anything. Other than raising your hand to say against, nothing will happen. If you vote for the billionaire, we can hope to change things because we are an alternative in democracy between the government, which could be Mohed Altrad, and the opposition. We would be in the middle, and we would not be there to blow pipes, neither to one nor the other, but to make the voters respect. This is why I fought with this Bermuda triangle which has become a diamond ”.
And if the decision has surprised more than one, he defends himself: “I am fighting for my constituents, perhaps with bad choices but they are the ones who will say it. According to the information, I think my constituents would refer rather well. Perhaps precisely because I respect what I am ”. Addressing his two comrades, he continues: “Besides, your electorate would follow less, so ultimately you have to stay whole, that’s what I want to advise politicians”.
Fees in question
Rémi Gaillard arrives at the reason for the invitation of the day. Relatives of the two running mats are shaking. This is the result of his intervention on France Info during the debate where, Mohed Altrad left him the microphone to take Michaël Delafosse to task. Intervention on which he will reveal that he would also have liked to ask “the assimilated candidate En Marche, why on his list there are two accused? I did not have time because the antenna was cut. I ask him today the question to this candidate also ex PS, moreover it is funny, they had exchanged their positions of the culture in town planning. I want to tell the outgoing mayor that he shows us what he spent to find out if it was as monumental as his ex colleague ”.
When you hack into a political debate to talk about things that the media, corrupt or not, prefer to ignore.
Tartuffes answers? Sad silences? More intimidation soon?
One thing is certain, clowns will never leave the battlefield ???? #YesWeClown pic.twitter.com/vHkBI4vS2f– Rémi Gaillard (@nqtv) June 23, 2020
Rémi Gaillard evokes the catering and travel expenses of Michaël Delafosse during his mandate as cultural assistant from April 2008 to July 2011 for an amount of € 45,021. Costs having then been validated by the Municipality and the regional chamber of accounts showing no irregularity. There remains the moral principle attacked by Rémi Gaillard: “I suggest he campaign in the place where he actually eats, in all the slightly chic restaurants in Montpellier” and, citing examples, evokes “It’s 100 € per person almost every time. It has happened to me once in my life but this is regular and at the expense of the taxpayer ”.
Rémi Gaillard jokes about the transition to town planning: “He came to his senses and he went home. For a slightly longer period, he managed to divide the score by almost 10 and rose to just under € 7,000. Perhaps he was invited by the promoters? “
No documents provided
The exercise of transparency has its limits, however. Asked about the source of the documents, Rémi Gaillard replied: “Do not ask me where it comes from, that is not important. What matters is whether it is true or whether it is false. I affirm it in any case. And I ask Mr. Delafosse, if it is false, to attack me ”. No documents will also be sent to the press.
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The jubilee audience and Clothilde Ollier quipped: “We opened a photocopier and they were inside, something crazy”. Laughs. Rémi Gaillard then launched: “I am leaving my lawyer and he asked me to close it on many other things. So I’m going to close it. ” Some will not do the same. He will stop there, this time: “For those who think that I am stupid, I would still like to reassure them, despite all the intimidation that I can receive, I am not yet at the max. On the contrary, it just motivates me ”.
Michaël Delafosse’s answer
Invited to respond, Michaël Delafosse obviously did not appreciate these accusations, whose “calendar has been chosen to dirty” and punches the table: “The representative of Mohed Altrad must stop his gutter campaign. Enough is enough ! “
Annoyed by the nature of this episode, the socialist recalls: “I am the only candidate to have mentioned my heritage, from the start of the campaign, because the question of integrity is not discussed. We announce things without giving the slightest proof, without the slightest elements which are abject. I placed my campaign on the ideas, the values, the respect of the word given. All of this is the citizens of Montpellier who will choose. ”
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Faced with repeated attacks by the GOD trio, Michaël Delafosse underlines: “These are the representatives of Mr. Altrad. At France Info, he gave the microphone to Rémi Gaillard. Since he chooses a gutter campaign, I invite Mr. Altrad to show the same exemplarity as me by revealing his declaration of assets, how much he earns, his criminal record… ”.
As for Rémi Gaillard’s attacks, Michaël Delafosse “reserves the right to file a defamation complaint for slander. I have no problem with that. The gutter campaign that we have been witnessing for ten days by certain candidates must now stop. ”
Towards regional?
In addition, in the game of virtue, some like Cyril Meunier did not fail to take a volley Rémi Gaillard. The mayor of Lattes, former vice-president of the Agglomeration and the Metropolis, gave his support to Michaël Delafosse: “My memory comes back to me, Rémi Gaillard would have taken around € 50,000 in fees from our community to produce videos. Unfortunately, I don’t remember having watched them… ”.
By fighting certain battles in certain forms, Rémi Gaillard seems to have moved away from the initial spirit of his approach. And if he no longer leads them alone anymore, caught in the game of politics, between puppeteer and puppet, as if intoxicated by his new audience, by posing with his red nose, the clown may not be a politician but participates well to a system. Is he aware of it?
“Even if I played a clown, politics is not funny. I tried to have fun with it. So much the better if I made some laugh. We have more than that, messing around and having fun. But there is always some truth in humor. So if there are some people I don’t laugh about today, I don’t give a damn. I think there are more important things today. I am told that I am a populist, that I am popular. So much the better. I am proud to be it. Popular people campaign in popular places, ”he sends as a message.
Only the result of Sunday will tell if voters share his position. In any case, he already gives an appointment to the regional, again surrounded by Clothilde Ollier and Alenka Doulain, already ready to follow him.
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