On Tuesday a middle-aged man made international headlines after slapping French President Emmanuel Macron on the face.
The incident happened as Macron was on a visit to the Drome region in southeastern France, where he met citizens to talk about returning to normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic.
On a video circulating on social media, the man could be heard shouting out “Down with Macronia” (“A Bas La Macronie”) before delivering the fatal slap to Macron’s face.
He also shouted “Montjoie Saint Denis”, which was the battle cry of the French armies when the country was still a monarchy.
While in custody the man revealed he slapped Macron because of failure to observe social distance.
Other reasons include but are not limited to: condemn a security law that would restrict police filming and posting pictures on social media to document cases of police brutality, failure to return stolen artifacts to Africa, Islamophobia, and exercising his hand to slap more politicians.
The man also said if President Macron was a Christian he would not have had him arrested but would have turned the other cheek.
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