A French Parliament member is demanding that the U.S. return the Statue of Liberty to France, who gifted it to the Americans in the 1880s.

Center-left politician Raphaël Glucksmann made the comments at a recent convention of his political party, Place Publique.

“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,'” he told supporters, according to Le Monde, a French newspaper.

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

The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

“The second thing we’re going to say to the Americans is: if you want to fire your best researchers, if you want to fire all the people who, through their freedom and their sense of innovation, their taste for doubt and research, have made your country the world’s leading power, then we’re going to welcome them,” Glucksmann said.

Glucksmann also criticized right-wing members of the French Parliament for being a “fan club” for Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, a senior advisor to Trump who also leads the Department of Government Efficiency.