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  • Samuel Etienne said Wednesday on RMC that he did not want to “give voice to extremes” on his Twitch channel.

  • The journalist changed his mind and launched an invitation to Marine Le Pen via Twitter this Thursday.

  • "I'm going to ease off the policies," he warned, however, this Thursday morning during his stream on Twitch.

After François Hollande last week and Jean Castex this Sunday, could Marine Le Pen be invited to Samuel Etienne's Twitch channel?

The journalist first replied in the negative on Wednesday at the microphone of the

Loud Gueules

on RMC, before changing his mind on Twitter, then launching an invitation to the address of the leader of the National Gathering.

“I don't speak as a journalist, I speak as a citizen.

Historically for me the FN yesterday, the RN today, is not necessarily a party that has always played the Republic card and I do not find myself in these ideas.

Here, it's both a media exercise but it's also at home, it's at home!

", Explained on Wednesday on the radio the presenter of

Questions for a Champion

and

of the Matinale of Franceinfo.

"I will not give voice to extremes"

"I believe that as a citizen I will not give voice to extremes," added the one who hosts # LaMatinéeEstTienne several times a week, a two-hour press review from his apartment.

A decision that has been strongly criticized by supporters and elected officials of the RN.

Samuel Etienne finally changed his mind.

"Because my values, my convictions, are not those of this party, I do not want to receive one of its members at home, in my home", he began this Thursday morning long thread on Twitter.

“My stream is mobile, and I can host this show outside of my home.

And democracy is obviously talking with everyone, including those with whom we do not agree.

It is also my duty as a journalist, ”he continued.

"Ok, chick, Ms. Le Pen"

He also sent an invitation to Marine Le Pen: “[Her supporters] seem convinced that the president of the RN wishes to speak on my channel?

Exchange with all the viewers who will ask him questions?

Ok, chick, Ms. Le Pen, my DMs [private messaging] are open.

"

The journalist then returned to the subject during his morning stream on his Twitch channel: “My first instinct was 'No, I'm at home, I don't want to'.

Afterwards, I said to myself "you are a journalist".

It's a mistake, as a journalist, I have to receive everyone.

If I get someone from the RN on my channel, it won't be at home.

"

"Is she coming, is that another question?"

"

“Will she [Marine Le Pen] come, that's another question.

[…] Will she come and submit to the questions you submit?

Will Marine Le Pen take this risk ”, he also questioned himself live in front of some 14,000 Internet users connected to his stream.

And to continue: “I had received Marine Le Pen in

En Aparté

on Canal + and in

Generation Questions

.

Either way, she didn't like the questions asked and the kind, cool tone I used.

My bet is that a calm tone is the right one to lower the guard to my guests.

"

He then explained that he had invited her to a political program that he hosted on France 3 and that she did not respond to him.

And to share this anecdote: “Some time later, I ran into her at France Télévisions […] and I asked her why she did not respond to our invitation.

She approached me and said, "You will never interview me again."

"

"I'm going to ease off the politicians"

To a user telling him that he did not want politics on Twitch, the “apprentice streamer”, as he defines himself in the biography on the platform, replied: “For me, Twitch is a space of freedom, who comes who want, look who wants.

"

"I'm going to ease off politicians," he announced, however, while explaining that in a pandemic period, Twitch allowed politicians to interact directly with citizens.

However, he believes that to have received François Hollande last Sunday and Jean Castex this Sunday is a mistake: "Stalling two huge political interviews in the same week is a big bullshit," he said.

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