He is quietly chatting with a running mate when his face disappears in a cloud of white dust.
François de Rugy, head of the LREM list in the regional elections in Pays de la Loire, was floured this Friday in Nantes during his campaign, reports France Bleu Loire Océan.
At around 8 p.m., the deputy was standing on a terrace with running mates, after a towing operation in Nantes city center, when a woman threw flour in his face, shouting "Give back the lobster!"
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According to information from France Bleu Loire Océan, she was arrested just after the incident, the police being present nearby.
"Give the lobster back!"
: From floured Rugy!
After the lobster and the champagne, after the social housing of Orvault at the taxpayer's expense, after his reversals of jacket, his lies and his opportunism, a citizen reminded @FdeRugy that he is not welcome at #Nantes.
pic.twitter.com/S3MGvvIFrs
- Nantes Revolted (@Nantes_Revoltee) June 11, 2021
François de Rugy thanked on Twitter
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the police officers who arrested the infarineuse
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and announced on Twitter that he was filing a complaint.
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The debate, always.
Physical attacks, never,
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writes the former president of the National Assembly.
Thank you to the police officers who arrested the "infarineuse" who attacked me, while I was in the city center of #Nantes, on the terrace, with activists after a campaign action.
I file a complaint.
The debate, always.
Physical assaults, never.
- François de Rugy (@FdeRugy) June 11, 2021
It received the support of Valérie Oppelt, LREM deputy for Loire-Atlantique: "A violent gesture that attacks our democracy," she wrote on Twitter.
Before him, François Hollande, François Fillon or Manuel Valls are among the political figures who have already suffered this type of aggression.