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BlueWavePsych

(3,085 posts)
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 10:07 AM Friday

'Free Le Pen!': Vance, Trump, Musk rally behind France's far-right leader

Source: France24

The three voiced their support for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after she was convicted for embezzling €4.6 million in public funds and barred from running for office for five
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She was convicted on Monday of misappropriating European Union funds by using the money to pay party officials. She received a four-year prison sentence, two of which are suspended and two to be served under home detention, and a €100,000 ($108,200) fine.

She also received an immediate five-year ban on running for office that will prevent her from the 2027 presidential election unless the ruling is overturned next year.
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“I’m not sure it helps,” Manuel Valls, France’s minister for overseas territories, said on franceinfo. “It shows there’s an international far-right movement that seeks to influence the debate. Hands off French justice, Mr. Trump!”


Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250404-marine-le-pen-jd-vance-not-democracy-minor-charge-usa-france-donald-trump



The Turd Reich are at it again.

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hlthe2b

(109,027 posts)
5. Vance's buckethead helmet is pretty perfect. Please tell me that all see what I see when I see JD...
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 10:25 AM
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Not that they aren't all horrific, but I just find Vance so fake, so disgusting, and so hatred-inciting.

I haven't seen polling on JD Vance since well before the election, so I am curious...

Mr.Bee

(601 posts)
6. France, You Dodged a Bullet!
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 10:27 AM
Friday

Everybody better get off this fascist bandwagon before you end up like the USA!
USA! USA!

Mysterian

(5,520 posts)
7. Fascists and criminals stick together until the going gets tough
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 10:32 AM
Friday

Then they knife each other in the back.

Martin68

(25,345 posts)
8. There guys are so far on the wrong side of history that they are out of the fame.
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 10:57 AM
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If we survive this as a country, it will rank down there with the Third Reich in the history books.

PortTack

(35,483 posts)
10. Macron would not be beyond banning them from France...look they don't want you or your opinion EVER!
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 12:21 PM
Friday

Criminals want criminals freed.

kimbutgar

(24,746 posts)
11. I hope he denies them a state visit
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 01:40 PM
Friday

Wouldn’t it be awesome if the EU banned him from state visits and only Russia, Hungry and other pariah nations are the only ones welcome him?

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