Phillipe Karsenty a right wing politician in France described the fire as a ”French 9/11” during a live phone interview with Fox News.
The deputy Mayor of Nueilly-sur-Seine told Mr Smith: ”You need to know that for the past years, we’ve had churches desecrated each and every week in France, all over France. so of course you will hear the story of political correctness that it was probably an accident but …. ” At which point he was cut off by the anchor.