{"id":1435377,"date":"2022-04-13T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435377"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:47:22","slug":"macron-lockdown-critics-dont-live-in-the-real-world-but-islamic-veil-wearer-is-a-feminist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-lockdown-critics-dont-live-in-the-real-world-but-islamic-veil-wearer-is-a-feminist\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron: Lockdown Critics Don&#039;t Live in the &#039;Real World&#039; But Islamic Veil Wearer is a &#039;Feminist&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmacron-lockdown-critics-dont-live-in-the-real-world-but-islamic-veil-wearer-is-a-feminist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239915915-e1649844622572-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Emmanuel Macron has claimed that those who criticise French lockdown policy are not living in the \u2018real world\u2019, while praising one veil-wearing Muslim woman as a feminist.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron has had a strange last 48 hours on the campaign trail, denouncing one voter as not living in the \u201creal world\u201d over her criticisms of the President\u2019s lockdown policy, while praising another woman for being both a feminist who wears an Islamic veil, she said, voluntarily.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Having initially thought to have been a shoo-in for reelection, Macron has suddenly found himself in tight contention with right-populist rival Marine Le Pen, the traditionally Eurosceptic and anti-mass migration politician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/08\/shock-poll-puts-marine-le-pen-ahead-of-macron-in-french-presidential-second-round\/\">polling<\/a> within a few percentage points of the La R\u00e9publique En Marche leader.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-elections-emmanuel-macron-campaign-trail-marine-le-pen-denain\/\">report<\/a> by POLITICO, Macron ventured into enemy territory on Monday seemingly in the hopes of regaining lost ground, speaking face to face to voters in\u00a0Denain, where Le Pen achieved 41 per cent of first preference votes.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the former socialist candidate may have entered the region with the hopes of winning hearts and minds, it seems like the opposite has been the result, with the President even going so far as to say that one voter was not living in the \u201creal world\u201d when she challenged the president\u2019s lockdown policy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Emmanuel Macron: &#8220;emmerder&#8221; les non-vaccin\u00e9s, &#8220;je l&#8217;ai dit de mani\u00e8re affectueuse&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uSbmqUwWRT\">pic.twitter.com\/uSbmqUwWRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BFMTV (@BFMTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BFMTV\/status\/1513503407918792710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s more, Macron also publicly denied suggesting that unvaccinated French people were \u201cunder-citizens\u201d, instead claiming that his comments regarding wanting to \u201cpiss off\u201d the unvaccinated with harsh lockdown rules were said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/04\/11\/emmerder-les-non-vaccines-je-l-ai-dit-de-maniere-affectueuse-se-defend-emmanuel-macron-en-campagne-dans-le-nord_6121694_6059010.html\">in an affectionate way<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>This seemed to go down like a led balloon with voters, with the woman Macron described as not living in the real world appearing to be particularly amused by the French President\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t live in the real world?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-elections-emmanuel-macron-campaign-trail-marine-le-pen-denain\/\">asked<\/a> the woman, a dental assistant by profession. \u201c\u2026people will be laughing in front of their TV sets.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shock Poll Puts Marine Le Pen Ahead of Macron in French Presidential Second Round<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydmWYRwp3o\">https:\/\/t.co\/ydmWYRwp3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512354708614262789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>While President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s venture into Denain did not go so well, he seemed to receive a slightly warmer welcome in Strasbourg, where he met and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/elections\/presidentielle\/la-meilleure-des-reponses-macron-tacle-le-pen-lors-d-un-echange-avec-une-femme-voilee-et-feministe_AV-202204130224.html\">praised<\/a> a veiled Muslim woman as being a feminist.<\/p>\n<p>The comments came after the woman, who was wearing what appeared to be a black Islamic veil at the time, confronted Macron over his position on gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you a feminist?\u201d BFMTV reports the woman as asking Macron.<\/p>\n<p>Responding in the affirmative, Macron then asked the woman if she was a Feminist, to which she replied \u201cYes I am a feminist, I am for gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This seemed to please Macron, who used the opportunity to take aim at Le Pen, who has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/le-pen-vows-headscarf-fines-in-tight-french-election-battle\/\">expressed the desire<\/a> to ban the Muslim headscarf in public places.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a young girl who wears the veil, in Strasbourg, who says \u2018are you a feminist?\u2019 is the best answer to all the nonsense I hear,\u201d Macron told the woman.\u00a0\u201cBecause on the other side there is Madame Le Pen who says \u2018the veil will be prohibited in the public square with me\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_caddle\"><span>@Peter_Caddle<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Macron has claimed that those who criticise French lockdown policy are not living in the \u2018real world\u2019, while praising one veil-wearing Muslim woman as a feminist. 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