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From Breitbart: The U.S. no longer represents the values of freedom therefore it should send the Statue of Liberty back to France, a Socialist French Euro-deputy demanded Sunday.
Raphael Glucksmann, of the Socialists and Democrats group, told a cheering convention of his Place Publique leftist movement how disappointed he is in the U.S. and why it should not keep what was originally a gift from France:
Give us back the Statue of Liberty.
We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty.
We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home.
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“RENDEZ NOUS LA STATUE DE LA LIBERTÉ”
Raphaël Glucksmann a provoqué un malaise international et a encore une fois mis les lumières sur la France pour être la risée du monde.pic.twitter.com/gGsZfcFA7x— Jon De Lorraine (@jon_delorraine) March 17, 2025
The report explains that the Statue of Liberty was designed by Frenchman Auguste Bartholdi. It weighs about 450,000 pounds and stands at 305 feet tall, and was unveiled in New York City’s harbour on October 28, 1886 for the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence donated by the French people to America.
The statue has come a national icon, as well as a symbol of freedom.
A smaller replica of the statue is displayed on Allée des Cygnes, a small island on the Seine River in Paris. It was gifted to France by the U.S. in 1889 to mark 100 years since the French Revolution.
WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday afternoon, “It’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now.”
.@PressSec responds to the low-level French politician who apparently wants the Statue of Liberty back: “It’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now.” pic.twitter.com/4JAJKADxWE
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 17, 2025
A French Parliament member is demanding that the U.S. return the Statue of Liberty to France, who gifted it to the Americans in the 1880s. https://t.co/tY9nZotzP1
— FOX 5 NY (@fox5ny) March 17, 2025
Just days ago, President Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, posted a photo of her family with the Statue of Liberty in the background.
“It was very special to bring my children, each born in New York, to the very place where over 12 million began their American journey. I am one of the nearly 40% of all U.S. citizens who can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island.
“Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty stand as timeless symbols of hope, resilience, and new beginnings. Grateful to share this piece of history with my children🗽,” she wrote.
It was very special to bring my children, each born in New York, to the very place where over 12 million began their American journey.
I am one of the nearly 40% of all U.S. citizens who can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island.
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty… pic.twitter.com/WVSxFBX412
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) March 9, 2025
Americans are firing back at the brazen suggestion that the Statue of Liberty should be returned to France.
Mindy Robinson wrote, “I must have missed the part where the Statue of Liberty says “Give me your rapists, child sex traffickers, gang bangers…and make the people living there pay for it all.” The French have balls criticizing us, when their entire country has gone to hell because of mass migration.”
I must have missed the part where the Statue of Liberty says “Give me your rapists, child sex traffickers, gang bangers…and make the people living there pay for it all.”
The French have balls criticizing us, when their entire country has gone to hell because of mass migration. pic.twitter.com/3kFdRJZ5dj
— Mindy MF Robinson 🇺🇸 (@iheartmindy) March 17, 2025
Former MLB pitcher John Rocker suggested, “France wants the United States to return the Statue of Liberty. Instead of returning it, I suggest we manufacture and ship them a statue that represents the values of the modern day French Government.”
France wants the United States to return the Statue of Liberty.
Instead of returning it, I suggest we manufacture and ship them a statue that represents the values of the modern day French Government. pic.twitter.com/XhV39txpQH
— JohnRocker (@itsJohnRocker) March 17, 2025
Writer John Rinaldo responded, “What a ridiculous demand. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to celebrate American freedom and democracy — not a loan. If anything, America has done more to uphold liberty than France in recent years. France censors speech, arrests citizens for online posts, and caves to globalist bureaucrats. Meanwhile, millions still risk everything to come to America for the freedom and opportunity it represents. Maybe France should focus on fixing its own issues instead of making absurd demands about a statue that stands as a beacon of hope for the world.”
What a ridiculous demand. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to celebrate American freedom and democracy — not a loan. If anything, America has done more to uphold liberty than France in recent years. France censors speech, arrests citizens for online posts, and caves…
— John Rinaldo (@giannipov) March 16, 2025
Okay, we’ll give the Statue of Liberty Back
But we’re giving France back to Germany too pic.twitter.com/O78bLbU8yI
— Illegitimate Scholar🧭 (@ill_Scholar) March 17, 2025
Good monday morning from the east coast ☀️
The French is pushing for the U.S. to hand back the Statue of Liberty 🗽
The French have some nerve considering their own nation has crumbled under the weight of unchecked immigration
— 🌸 Digi Gal (@DigitalGal_) March 17, 2025
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