On the occasion of a visit to Milipol, the living room dedicated to the inner security, in Villepinte, the far-right polemist targeted journalists with a precision weapon, before pleading the humor.
Le Monde with AFP
He pleads humor, but the gesture shocked. The extreme right polemicist Eric Zemmour, who always maintains the blur on his candidacy for the presidential election, pointed out a high-precision rifle on journalists, Wednesday, October 20, during his visit to Milipol, the show dedicated to the Inner Security in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis).
As we laid a Accuracy weapon used By the RAID , the old CNEWS chronicler has oriented the rifle in the direction of journalists who surrounded him by telling them, “It laughs more, huh, push yourself, go back!”, before resting the Weapon on the stand laughing. “There was no political message, no threat,” then reacted Mr. Zemmour, questioned by the press.
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“it’s horrifying”
This gesture occurs after the far-right polemicist told Béziers on Saturday at a campaign meeting lecture: “We have counter-powers that have become power, it is- to say justice, the media, minorities. We have to remove power to these counter-powers. “
The Minister of Citizenship, Marlene Schiappa, was the first to respond to Mr. Zemmour’s gesture. “It’s horrifying. Especially after having seriously say they want to” reduce the power of the media “, has it criticized on his Twitter account . In a democracy, the freedom of the press is not a joke and must never be threatened. “
“Marlene Schiappa is a fool, that’s what I answer him, replied in the wake Mr. Zemmour. She is grotesque and ridiculous. She tries to get a grotesque controversy in snow.” At Milipol, the Putative candidate was accompanied by General Bertrand de la Chesnais, former head of the list supported by the national gathering (extreme right) in the municipal elections of 2020 in Carpentras (Vaucluse).