{"id":556780,"date":"2021-06-08T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556780"},"modified":"2021-06-08T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:21:09","slug":"french-president-macron-slapped-in-the-face-by-member-of-the-public-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-president-macron-slapped-in-the-face-by-member-of-the-public-video-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"French President Macron Slapped In The Face By Member Of The Public, Video Shows"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffrench-president-macron-slapped-in-the-face-by-member-of-the-public-video-shows%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=556780&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\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228750028.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>French President Emanuel Macron was slapped Tuesday by a man as he interacted with the public during an\u00a0official visit to the south-east of France.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was captured on video. Macron can be seen approaching a metal fence, where he and a man wearing a green T-shirt, glasses, and a face mask on the other side of the fence clasp arms before the man slaps him across his cheek with his other hand.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Group for the Presidency of the Republic, a security detail reportedly made up of 77 people, quickly wrestled the man to the ground and pulled Macron away. However, Macron can be seen approaching the fence and interacting with the public once more afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The man reportedly yelled \u201cDown with Macron-ism\u201d as he slapped Macron, along with\u00a0\u201cMontjoie, Saint-Denis,\u201d the\u00a0battle-cry and motto of the Kingdom of France, supposedly referring Charlemagne\u2019s banner.<\/p>\n<p>The man, 28, has been arrested in connection with the incident, along with another 28-year-old man who was with him. They have been accused of violence against a person holding public authority. French authorities are investigating the event.<\/p>\n<p>The incident\u00a0occurred during Macron\u2019s visit to a school in the village of Tain-l\u2019Hermitage, which is in the Dr\u00f4me region of France.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6511627906977\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FRANCE\u2014Video emerges of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EmmanuelMacron<\/a> slapped in the face, while greeting people during his tour of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dr%C3%B4me?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dr\u00f4me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two people reportedly arrested. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4mxU7tOrMJ\">pic.twitter.com\/4mxU7tOrMJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bree A Dail (@breeadail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/breeadail\/status\/1402251033582125061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA man indeed tried to hit the President of the Republic,\u201d the \u00c9lys\u00e9e\u00a0Palace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/08\/europe\/france-president-emmanuel-macron-slap-intl\/index.html\">said<\/a> in a statement shared with\u00a0CNN. \u201cWe have no further comments at this point. Exchanges with the crowd and handshakes resumed. The trip continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French Prime Minister Jean Castex condemned the violence as having no place in democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy is debate, dialogue, the confrontation of ideas, but it will never be violence, verbal aggression and even less physical,\u201d a translation of Castex\u2019s tweet read.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Macron said he wanted to \u201cgo to the regions to take the pulse of the country, to get in contact with people,\u201d which some interpreted as presidential campaign stops. France\u2019s presidential elections are only 10 months away.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2016, when Macron was France\u2019s economy minister, he was pelted with eggs during a visit to a post office near Paris. Leftist trade unionists and members of the Communist Party who were angry about the government\u2019s labor law reforms lobbed eggs at Macron, hitting him on the head as he went inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s political opponents also condemned the physical attack and expressed their support.\u00a0Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party and Macron\u2019s chief opponent for France\u2019s 2022 presidential election, called the incident\u00a0\u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am Emmanuel Macron\u2019s first opponent, but he is the president,\u201d Le Pen\u00a0said at a press conference on Tuesday. \u201cOne can fight him politically, but one cannot be violent in any way against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France is in the process of reopening and lifting coronavirus restrictions. On Wednesday, curfew will be pushed to\u00a011 p.m. and indoor dining will be allowed again at restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, a new step will be taken,\u201d a translated tweet from Macron said. \u201cIt is life that will resume in all our territories! It is part of our culture, of our art of living, that we are going to rediscover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emanuel Macron was slapped Tuesday by a man as he interacted with the public during an\u00a0official visit to the south-east of France.The incident was captured on video. 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