“On July 7, not a single vote for these filthy fascists,” Fourreau wrote.
National Rally official Philippe Chapron told local media Tuesday that Daoudi “does not deny” wearing the Nazi regalia and that she “took this photo several years ago at a gun fair in Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives.”
“Indeed, she agrees that the photo is in bad taste,” he said, adding that her “candidacy will be withdrawn today.”
Daoudi’s exit from the race means voters in the 1st constituency of Calvados will have two candidates to choose from in the second round: Fourreau, who came second, and front-runner Joël Bruneau of the right-wing Les Républicains.
Meanwhile, a National Rally candidate in Mayenne’s 1st constituency in France’s northwest sparked controversy Monday with comments defending the party’s record on multiculturalism.
Paule Veyre de Soras, who came second with 29 percent of the first-round vote, said National Rally has “Jews, Muslims, Spaniards” among its membership.
“I have a Jew as an ophthalmologist,” she added. “And I have a Muslim as a dentist.”
