Macron said that 'ultra-violent individuals' like the man who slapped him 'don't deserve' to dominate the public debate.
A man smacked Emmanuel Macron in the face on Tuesday when the French president approached bystanders during the second stop of his nationwide tour of France.
“Around 1:15 p.m. [local time], the president got back into his car after visiting a high school and came back out because onlookers were calling out to him,” it said. “He went to meet them and that’s where the incident happened.” iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } Macron later told local newspaper Le Dauphine Libere that this was an “isolated incident” that wouldn’t stop him from touring the country.
The clip spread far and wide on social media, however, leading Macron’s name to trend on Twitter TWTR, -1.38% on Tuesday in the U.S., with more than 385,000 tweets by the afternoon.
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