In a desperate attempt to salvage his image, presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski released a video on Facebook addressing concerns about the potential removal of the Smoleńsk Catastrophe Memorial from Piłsudski Square in Warsaw.
It’s a staggering shift in tone. Back when the monument was being built, Trzaskowski’s political camp was at the forefront of vicious attacks, ridiculing the initiative and trying to block its construction. Now, conveniently in the middle of an election campaign, Trzaskowski suddenly calls for “respect” and “unity.”
“Listen, we must respect the victims of this tragedy. Enough with the divisions already. I believe this monument should remain where it stands,” Trzaskowski now claims. The video was captioned: “Enough divisions. The enemy is in the East, not in Poland!”—a clear attempt to rewrite history and distance himself from his own party’s past hostility toward the memorial.
Kaleta: “This Man Has No Honor!”
Law and Justice (PiS) MP Sebastian Kaleta was quick to call out Trzaskowski’s blatant hypocrisy, exposing the glaring contradictions in his past and present statements.
“He dares to talk about respect for the Smoleńsk monument now? Meanwhile, the same people who gained infamy in 2018 for disrupting Patryk Jaki’s campaign events in Warsaw are today leading the monthly vulgar protests at that very memorial,”
Kaleta pointed out.
Kaleta also reminded voters of an inconvenient truth:
“For six years, he has ruled Warsaw, and one of the first things his administration did was remove the plaques from Lech Kaczyński Street,” he noted—an act widely seen as a petty attempt to erase the late president’s legacy.
Ten człowiek w swojej fałszywej kampanii nie ma krzty honoru‼️
— Sebastian Kaleta (@sjkaleta) February 25, 2025
Mówi dzisiaj o szacunku w kontekście pomnika smoleńskiego. Tymczasem to ludzie, których opinia publiczna poznała w Warszawie w 2018 roku z rozbijania spotkań @PatrykJaki są dzisiaj jednymi z prowodyrów comiesięcznych… https://t.co/Dr820ZsXvl pic.twitter.com/MQLfSvy7WH
To top it all off, Kaleta brought up Trzaskowski’s own 2020 declaration regarding renaming a Warsaw street after Lech Kaczyński—yet another promise left unfulfilled.
The official PiS social media accounts wasted no time resurfacing Trzaskowski’s past statements, exposing his shameless political opportunism. One thing is clear: when election time comes, Trzaskowski will say anything to win votes—even if it means contradicting himself at every turn.
🤔 Jak myślicie, który Rafał jest prawdziwy? pic.twitter.com/eGUx6aYzMY
— Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (@pisorgpl) February 25, 2025