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riversedge

(70,077 posts)
Sun May 7, 2017, 05:27 PM May 2017

"Macron's win is a blow to far-right nationalism & a sign...that the Brexit-Trump wave has broken in

OUCH!
I think the words --Brexit-Trump wave has broken --should be headlines across the world.





By Rebecca Savransky - 05/07/17 03:33 PM EDT


Ex-Obama adviser: Macron win 'blow' to far-right nationalism

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/332306-ex-obama-adviser-macron-win-marks-blow-to-far-right-nationalism


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A former deputy national security adviser to President Obama said he thinks the defeat of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen signals a "blow" to far-right nationalism.


Ben Rhodes tweeted Sunday about winning candidate Emmanuel Macron.

"Macron's win is a blow to far-right nationalism and a sign (after Austrian, Dutch elections) that the Brexit-Trump wave has broken in West,"

"For those worried about how to defeat Russian/Wikileaks meddling in elections the French showed us: vote against the person they're helping."


Rhodes said the French people did not let the hacking or an April terror attack in Paris "scare them" into voting for the wrong presidential candidate. He shared a recent tweet from President Trump in which the president said the attack in Paris would "have a big effect" on the presidential election in France..................




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