It's an uncontrolled slippage.
Invited on France Info this Sunday morning, the president of the UDI group, Jean-Christophe Lagarde, answered a question about Éric Zemmour using extremely violent words.
"To make fun of the world to the point of saying
I am an RPR
... But Mr. Zemmour, if Mr. Pasqua was there, he would give you a bullet in the head," said Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
A charge against the polemicist currently seeking support on the side of London which sparked a wave of reactions.
From the support of Zemmour to Gilbert Collard through Eric Ciotti, candidate for the nomination of his party The Republicans for the presidential election, many voices have condemned the words of Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
Monstrous words from Jean-Christophe Lagarde who speaks of "putting a bullet in the head of Eric Zemmour"
Declaration of incredible violence which deserves exemplary sanctions
I hope that his words will be unanimously denounced by all the Republican officials of France pic .twitter.com / neOQsLggge
- Eric Ciotti (@ECiotti) November 21, 2021
Jean-Christophe #Lagarde (UDI) addresses Éric #Zemmour: "If Mr. Pasqua was there, he would give you a bullet in the head": beware of Lagarde and all these false lesson givers who say they are " democrats "but who shoot democracy!
src: France Info pic.twitter.com/fs3JvBVXha
- Gilbert Collard (@GilbertCollard) November 21, 2021
A few hours later, faced with the controversy he himself had created, the centrist made his mea culpa, this Sunday afternoon.
“I regret my totally inappropriate expression about Pasqua and Zemmour this morning, I wanted to say that at the time such a sham on his part would have had a most scathing response.
Violence must always be banned from political debate, ”he commented.
. @ franceinfo
I regret my totally inappropriate expression about Pasqua and Zemmour this morning, I wanted to say that at the time such a sham on his part would have had a most scathing response.
Violence must always be banned from political debate.
Mea Culpa
- Jean-Christophe Lagarde (@jclagarde) November 21, 2021
Eric Zemmour, he reacted via a particularly virulent press release posted on Twitter.
He castigates the "duplicity", "cowardice" and "cynicism" of Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
"I do not apologize", asserts the probable future presidential candidate.
To end it once and for all with @jclagarde.
Without weapons or threats.
pic.twitter.com/d2QNmt6jLQ
- Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) November 21, 2021
Faced with the outcry, the France Info channel deleted the sequence from its accounts on social networks.
“Franceinfo has decided not to rebroadcast the comments made this Sunday morning live by Jean-Christophe Lagarde against Eric Zemmour.
These words do not correspond to our values or to our idea of the political debate, ”the channel said in a tweet at midday.
🔴 franceinfo has decided not to rebroadcast the comments made this Sunday morning live by Jean-Christophe Lagarde against Éric Zemmour.
These words do not correspond to our values or to our idea of the political debate.
- franceinfo (@franceinfo) November 21, 2021
