the tweet of a deputy La France insoumise on Olivier Dussopt is controversial

L’Insoumis takes the stage, his foot on a ball bearing the image of the Minister of Labour. LFI deputy Thomas Portes was strongly criticized by a series of elected officials from the presidential camp and the opposition on Thursday February 9 for a tweet against Olivier Dussopt. In his publication, the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis, red down jacket and tricolor scarf, presents himself smiling in the street, his foot on a football bearing the image of the minister. “Minister Olivier Dussopt, withdraw your pension reform”he wrote.

The image sparked a series of criticisms in the political class. “This is not how we should treat democracy”, launched the leader of the Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, on the sidelines of a heated debate on socialist texts in the hemicycle. Several ministers also reacted, including Marc Fesneau (Agriculture), who castigated a “unacceptable, degrading staging and an explicit call to hatred and violence. Grave irresponsibility”. In opposition, the president of the National Rally group in the Assembly Marine Le Pen denounced a “unworthy behavior”A “call for hatred and violence that has no place in our Republic”. Left-wing elected officials have also criticized this image: “Stop all violence, even symbolic. Where it comes from, against anyone”reacted the socialist deputy Guillaume Garot.

Asked about BFMTV, LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon swept aside the criticism: “You are relaying the propaganda of Aurore Bergé and the Renaissance group, to make believe that it is an act of violence”he told reporters. “There are games of chamboule-tout every week in our country (…) You come to get us drunk with a ball story, you are ridiculous (…) It’s grotesque.”