The comments of Alexandre Allegret-Pilot, far-right deputy for the 5th constituency of Gard, arouse heated controversy. After a message published on Monde.
Since January 11, journalist Ivanne Trippenbach, journalist at Monde, special correspondent in La Trinité-sur-Mer to cover the funeral of Jean-Marie Le Pen, suffered a virulent campaign of online harassment. Singled out for allegedly entering the church “without the knowledge” of the organizers, she is the target of numerous online attacks.
“In reality, a few minutes before the ceremony, the head of the RN press service invited the small group of people standing in front of the church to enter because there were still places inside. Our sister was part of this group and immediately identified herself with this leader who took note of her presence… before making her leave the church a quarter of an hour later.” says the daily in an article published this Monday, January 13.
“Contrary to what continues to be said, our journalist did not take any photos or videos, and had turned off his cell phone upon entry,” says management, denouncing unfounded accusations and relentlessness at the same time. sexist, anti-Semitic and racist.
In a tweet published on X, UDR deputy Alexandre Allegret-Pilot, wrote: “Support for Ivanne Trippenbach. I'm kidding. Let go. “He who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword.” A statement perceived by many as a clear incitement to cyberharassment.
Faced with criticism, the latter tried to qualify his remarks. In a new publication, he declares that he has always “condemned with all his strength the harassment campaigns”, while justifying his speaking out as a denunciation of “bad journalistic practices”. He defends himself by asserting that his intention was only to “free speech” and to express his opposition to methods that he considers “unworthy”.
A worrying recurrence
This is not the first time that Alexandre Allegret-Pilot is at the center of a controversy linked to his publications on social networks. At the end of December 2024, the elected official had in fact published on his X account, a “QI Cate”, a planisphere deemed racistsupposed to represent average IQs by country, a visual widely relayed in far-right circles to promote racialist theories.
The editorial staff of the newspaper The Mondeaffirms without a shadow of hesitation that he “will systematically pursue the perpetrators of threats and insults”.
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