Centrist Emmanuel Macron routs Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump-backed Nazi Marine Le Pen by over 30 points to win the presidential elections in France.
Exit polls show Macron winning by 65.9 percent to Le Pen’s 34.1 percent. He is expected to win by 30+ points, in a clear repudiation of Le Pen’s message.
Laurence Haim, spokeswoman for Macron’s En Marche! party fired a warning shot to Donald Trump on the Paris Climate Accord, during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, saying that he will be very vigilant with him.
Emmanuel Macron won against nationalism, as voters shun the divisive rhetoric from Le Pen. The far right got routed again. First it was Austria, then the Netherlands and now France.
You will recall Trump tried to barge into the French election campaign with a fear-mongering tweet:
Another terrorist attack in Paris. The people of France will not take much more of this. Will have a big effect on presidential election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2017
Macron’s victory is a defeat for the alt-right/fake news subset that tried to prop up Le Pen. They failed bigly. It’s pretty shameful that the U.S. is the only western country where a chunk of its citizens elected a know-nothing nationalist loudmouth pathological liar, who thrives on fake news and conspiracy theories.
Reaction on Twitter:
Winners:
Macron
The EU
Barack Obama
French media
The WestLosers:
LePen
Putin
Trump
FancyBear
Wikileaks
4Chan
Mercer/Bannon/Thiel
Fascism— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 7, 2017
Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward to working with him!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2017
Congratulations to President-elect @EmmanuelMacron and the French people.
— Bill Clinton (@billclinton) May 7, 2017
Macron wins. Hate loses.
Putin interferes again, but fails.
A different form of US leadership: showing the world what not to do.— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) May 7, 2017
Congratulations to the people of France who today, by an overwhelming vote, rejected racism and xenophobia.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 7, 2017
Relief that Le Pen has lost. Congratulations @EmmanuelMacron for beating the politics of hate and division. #Presidentielle2017
— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) May 7, 2017
Take Note! –> 6 Ways #EmmanuelMacron Rewrote The Playbook Of European Politics. #FrenchElection2017 ❤️https://t.co/r3UEyh4zQm pic.twitter.com/YxtjbCk5Q7
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) May 7, 2017
No to Fascism https://t.co/SUdSuy8c4o
— Janis Sexton (@Ez4u2say_Janis) May 7, 2017
Macron will be France's next Pres, annihilating Trump ally, racist Le Pen — proving the French are smarter than Americans. #FrenchElection
— Bill Madden (@activist360) May 7, 2017
Merci France for saying no to the fear, xenophobia and hate of Trump-ism, and electing Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen. #FrenchElection https://t.co/jWHKYkCjoU
— Bill Madden (@activist360) May 7, 2017
At least now the French have a good reason to be condescending to Americans.
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) May 7, 2017
Resounding victory for Macron, and a big blow to Trump, who Le Pen openly embraced. Sanity prevails.
— David Brock (@davidbrockdc) May 7, 2017
Emmanuel Macron Routs Putin, Trump-Backed Nazi Marine Le Pen to Win French Elections
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