Let them eat snark. A woke French student has become the bête noire of the protests after mocking business owners who lost their shops in the riots. Lola-Fleur Whittaker, an influential left-wing politician who studies at the prestigious Sciences Po Paris, appeared on a television show Monday to defend the rioters. “Your little shops are really cute,” he said during an argument about who was to blame for the weekend violence in his appearance on La Grande Confrontation. French student Lola-Fleur Whittaker mocks business owners who lost their stores in the riots. LCI But the privileged student confronted Khemima Sheilha, owner of a bakery chain, who had seen her businesses looted. “It’s my life, Lola,” Sheilha said. “We had to see our businesses destroyed. What justifies terrorizing people’s lives?” Whittaker later attempted to portray herself as a poor victim, claiming that her mother is a teacher who eats cookies for lunch because she can’t “afford the cafeteria.” Lola-Fleur Whittaker is a political influencer who studies at the prestigious Sciences Po Paris. Lola-Fleur Whittaker / Instagram Whittaker’s Instagram shows her jet-set lifestyle, with vacations in exotic locations around the world. Instagram/@lolafleurw But she was quickly discovered by a profile on social networks that revealed that she is more bourgeoisie than proletariat. He regularly shares vacation photos in exotic locations around the world, including Sicily, Greece, Malaysia, Egypt and Oman. Whittaker, who earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Manchester, previously stood as a candidate for the far-left political party France Unbowed in Paris and is also a prominent left-wing influencer. During Monday’s heated debate, he also seemed to strangely suggest a link between the recent riots and the attacks on Algerian immigrants by French police in October 1961, La Depeche reported. She previously ran as a candidate for the far-left political party France Insoumise in Paris. Instagram/@lolafleurw Curfews were imposed in several French cities on Monday after a weekend of unrest. Maya Vidon-White/UPI/Shutterstock Whittaker was not immediately available for comment. Around 2,500 arrests were made over the weekend, as violent mobs went on the rampage, looting luxury stores and burning historical monuments. Curfews were implemented in several French cities on Monday “for as long as necessary” in response to the worst unrest in the country in years, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced. On Tuesday he praised the curfews for helping keep the peace at night. France will deploy the military to the streets to assist police ahead of new protests planned for this weekend, which coincide with an NFL game in Paris between the New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
