Elections 2025. Snus, rubber, nicotine bag? What Karol Nawrocki took

Karol Nawrocki claims that during the debate with Rafał Trzaskowski “he took a nicotine bag”. The PiS candidate argues that he did it because he was unable to listen to the KO candidate. However, Nawrocki was seen with a small white bag in front of the cameras also when Trzaskowski was not nearby.

A fragment of the Friday debate with Rafał Trzaskowski, in which the candidate supported by PIS He put something in his mouth, he was widely heard in social media. “I will solve this puzzle: it was Snus (Karol Nawrocki himself calls it nicotine gum) so as not to fall asleep during the Tyrad of Rafał Trzaskowski” – explained on the website X the Chief of Staff of Nawrocki Paweł Szefernaker (PiS).

Karol Nawrocki about “gum” on the debate

The candidate himself called it a bit differently. “I took gum,” Nawrocki answered, when asked by reporters about his gesture. – I call it rubber, they are nicotine pouches – explained the president IPN In an interview at RMF FM. – When you listen to what Rafał Trzaskowski says, how he repeats about his successes, he repeats “I, me, me, me, PiS, PiS, PiS,” (…) I took a nicotine bag – added the candidate.

However, the Friday debate was not the first during which Nawrocki made a characteristic gesture. As TVN24 showed Karol Nawrocki He made a similar one, for example, during an interview in the program “Rymanowski Live” on May 6 and during the debate on TV Republika on May 9, which was not Rafał Trzaskowski.

On Monday, the deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense Cezary Tomczyk He posted an entry on x, which also shows fragments of recordings. “What did you take, Mr. Nawrocki?” Tomczyk asked.