Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform Party, said it "should not be overlooked if there is consistency and conscience," after Choi Wook, host of the pro-ruling YouTube channel "Maebul Show," said "Ilbe members should be run over by a tank." He criticized President Lee Jae-myung for staying silent on the tank remark made on a pro-ruling YouTube channel, while his boycott of Starbucks over the "Tank Day" event went as far as a campaign to shun the brand.
In the related video released on the 6th, Choi said, "Ilbes online should be clearly criminalized by the system," adding, "Leaving this alone makes it fun, turns it into culture, and brings it into the open." He went on, "What they admire in their own way is Chun Doo-hwan," and added, "Crimes of that sort should be run over by a tank."
Jung Joon-hee, an adjunct professor at Hanyang University ERICA who appeared on the same program, also mentioned Lee Myung-bak and Chun Doo-hwan and, targeting some "2030" youths, said, "They have no system. They have no framework of thought," adding, "It is absolutely necessary to take up the cudgel in a lawful way." He also said, "They should be subdued with power, not persuaded rationally. With law and institutions."
Regarding the remark, leader Lee Jun-seok said, "Sensitivity to the word 'tank' can vary from person to person. Some may think of May Gwangju and feel a lump in their throat, and for others it may pass by as a meme without sensitivity, but there must be consistency," referring to the president.
He argued that the remark "We should run them over with a tank like Chun Doo-hwan" is a matter on which the president and ruling party politicians should incite boycotts and ousters.