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Is the Statue of Liberty headed back to France?

A French member of the European Parliament, Raphael Glucksmann of the Socialists and Democrats group, believes the U.S. no longer represents the values that led France to offer Lady Liberty to America.

"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,'" Glucksmann said Sunday.

"We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home."

The comments caught the attention of Peter Doocy of Fox News, who asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday:

"There is now a member of the European Parliament from France who does not think the U.S. represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore. They want the Statue of Liberty back. So is President Trump going to send the Statue of Liberty back to France?"

Leavitt gave a firm reply, saying, "Absolutely not, and my advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now.

"So they should be very grateful to our great country."