Gérald Darmanin announced that he had placed Ruth Elkrief under police protection. The journalist was accused on Sunday by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the social network X (formerly Twitter) of being a “fanatic” and of despising Muslims.
Gérald Darmanin announced that he had placed Ruth Elkrief under police protection. The journalist was accused on Sunday by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the social network X (formerly Twitter) of being a “fanatic” and of despising Muslims.
“Jean-Luc Mélenchon puts a target on Ruth Elkrief’s back”
“I decided this morning given the threats from Mr. Mélenchon and others, since it is an outburst of hatred on the internet, to provide police protection” to the columnist, declared the Minister of the Interior on BFMTV. “He puts a target on the back of Ruth Elkrief who has already had many threats as a journalist,” added Gérald Darmanin, before pointing out the “irresponsibility” of the leader of France Insoumise.
In reaction to tense exchanges on LCI on Sunday between Ruth Elkrief and LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard, particularly on the situation in the Middle East, Jean-Luc Mélenchon attacked the journalist: “Ruth Elkrief. Manipulative. If we do not insult Muslims, this fanatic is outraged”, he wrote. “What a shame! Bravo Manuel Bompard for the reply. Elkrief reduces all political life to his contempt for Muslims”, he said. for follow-up.