The LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Thomas Portes announced on Wednesday that he had filed a complaint, in particular for “death threats”, after receiving a missive promising him a “bullet in the head”. “You have family, they will get acid in the face” (and) “then you will take a bullet”, we can read in particular on the handwritten letter, consulted by AFP, and also revealed by Libération .
A mention “we are the GUD” also appears at the bottom of the sheet as an initial. The Union Defense Group, an ultra-right movement, was dissolved in June. On the back of the sheet there is also a drawn swastika.
The parliamentarian indicated that he had received it in his mail to the National Assembly. “I have been a target of the far right for years. In 2018 Génération identitaire sued me, which I won, because I had described them as neo-Nazis. It has obviously accelerated since I became a parliamentarian,” declared Thomas Portes, contacted by AFP, specifying that he has already filed a complaint on several occasions for death threats received by mail, by telephone or by messages on social networks.
“When you are a political leader you are unfortunately used to it. But it is quite destabilizing for those around you too, who must be protected,” he lamented, denouncing a “resurgence of hateful messages”.
