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naturalgasbad to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

French elections: Far-right candidate to withdraw after Nazi cap picture emerges

www.lemonde.fr

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French elections: Far-right candidate to withdraw after Nazi cap picture emerges

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naturalgasbad to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Rassemblement National candidate Ludivine Daoudi is expected to withdraw from the second round of the parliamentary elections after a photo of her wearing a Nazi cap circulated on social media.
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    Here in the US they wouldn’t even have the shame to drop out.

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      And a lot of people wouldn’t even care

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        Unfortunately, far too many people would cheer it on a some sort of “own the libs” “joke”

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      Exactly right. They might consider it initially, but then they’d realize that they got an increase in support from the MAGA base and they’d lean into it.

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        Polling bonus for triggering the libs.

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      It would be a talking point if they were republican

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      They would be smiling in their official public portrait while wearing it and throwing Heil Hitler arms

      I really wish we could start treating Nazis like we used to

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