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The "Macron assassin" chanted on Sunday during the Paris meeting of Éric Zemmour caused a lot of reaction.
Up to the principal concerned.
“There are two hypotheses.
The first is indignity, which strikes me as the most believable, but that's no surprise.
The second is the ignorance of a very important reform of the quinquennium, the 100% health.
Now, hearing aids are 100% reimbursed.
(…) I invite the hearing-impaired candidate to be able to equip himself, ”replied Emmanuel Macron to journalists on the sidelines of his first campaign trip to Côte-d’Or on Monday.
“Macron assassin”: E.#Macron responds to E.#Zemmour: “2 hypotheses: indignity.
The second: ignorance of a five-year reform, 100% health.
Hearing aids are reimbursed by social security, I invite the hard of hearing candidate to equip themselves” pic.twitter.com/RAvTIBBGQu
— Guillaume Daret (@GuillaumeDaret) March 28, 2022
“Either Éric Zemmour has no authority over his activists, or he supports this type of statement;
in both cases, it is quite worrying about his ability to exercise the functions of President of the Republic”, had estimated a little earlier in the day on Public Senate the support of Emmanuel Macron and government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal.
“Unworthy” message, according to Jadot
In opposition, several presidential candidates have also denounced these slogans.
Valérie Pécresse (LR) saw it as an "inability to lead France", while Yannick Jadot considered that the message passed was "unworthy".
"When you speak in a meeting, you hear the crowd very well," he also advanced, tackling Éric Zemmour's line of defense.
Sunday evening, the entourage of the candidate Reconquest!
defended him by explaining that he had not heard this expression - yet chanted several times by part of the crowd - but that he did not take it up "not on his own account".
Eric Zemmour has not yet reacted directly.