Are candidates responsible for what their supporters say?
Invited this Monday morning on RMC, the Minister Delegate for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, in any case asked Valérie Pécresse to "
explain
" the support of the singer Gims to her.
She also called on her to give details of the nature of the financing of the Île-de-France region for the rapper.
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The Beauvau tenant was reacting to a video posted Saturday on the artist's social networks, which sparked a controversy by asking her
Muslim
"
brothers
" to stay "
focused
" and no longer wish her a "Happy New Year" in January , because such a wish is not one of its “
values
”.
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“
Muslims (Muslims, editor's note), we have the same conviction, stop with that. Most of the time, Muslims send this to me. The brothers, don't do that,
”the artist expressed in particular via several
ephemeral
“
stories
”, published on his Instagram account. An exit strongly criticized by Marlène Schiappa, according to whom Gims "
is an opinion leader and therefore has a responsibility
". At the same time, the minister "
asks Valérie Pécresse, who is supported by Gims, to speak out
".
Last year, the rapper had indeed spoken in a clip to support the candidacy of Valérie Pécresse for her re-election as president of the Île-de-France region.
"I am proud to collaborate for a few years now with Valérie Pécresse",
declared the musician in June 2021. Sponsor since 2019 of the operation "Marathon of talents", organized by the region, the singer had then promised "a
lot of things
To come, thanking Valérie Pécresse on several occasions.
"The dumbest communitarianism"
After the rapper's remarks, LREM deputy Aurore Bergé also took to task the Republican candidate on Monday, writing on Twitter that “
communitarianism is a scourge
”.
The elected reproaches Valérie Pécresse for collaborating "
with artists who pose religious identity as a preliminary
".
Macronist deputy François Jolivet believes that “
French people of Muslim faith will celebrate whatever they want, starting with the New Year.
Let us remain strong on the values of the Republic
”.
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This Sunday, the nationalist candidate Éric Zemmour also reacted by commenting on the singer's words: "
Master Gims, support of Valérie Pécresse, speaks to you about identity
". The formerly related RN mayor of Béziers (Hérault), Robert Ménard, believes that "
some only dream of pushing Muslims towards the most stupid, the most filthy communitarianism
" and that "
Gims is a very sad example
" .
