French Politician Fires Back at WH Over Statue of Liberty

A French politician has fired back at White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s criticism of him after he called on the United States to return the Statue of Liberty.

Raphael Glucksmann, a member of France’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, floated the idea of reclaiming Lady Liberty on Sunday at a convention of his center-left movement, according to a Fortune report.

“We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,'” Glucksmann said. “We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So, it will be just fine here at home.”