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What AMerica should have done with Trump
Worse than that would be justified.
After the January 6th insurrection he should have been hanged for treason.
For just five years, though. Don’t bury the lede.
It’s 5 more years than any other recent fascist has gotten
Normally you’d expect this to be pretty definitive, but fascists are real good at playing victims, so I’m not particularly convinced this will move things in the right direction. Electoral losses would have been preferable.
Of course if she did the thing, she did the thing. I’m saying all things being equal I want to see these idiots lose support without having excuses to target democratic institutions in retaliation.
Some “sympathizers” are already crying the justice is interfering with politics. Although the suspension of electoral rights is inscribed in the law, and would you expect anything less of a punishment for someone who corrupted millions of € of public money ?!?
These same “sympathizers” are constantly shouting everywhere that our justice is to soft and that criminals should be punished more harshly.
Yes. They are wrong. Which is why I won’t agree with them just because the criminal in question is one of theirs.
And yes, I’m worried that fascists have a history of weaponizing institutions against their enemies when they control them and presenting themselves as victims and eroding those same institutions when democratic processes hold them accountable for criminal behavior.
It’s why, while I don’t question the criminal outcome, I would have politically preferred for them to lose support electorally before this happened. They are likely to try to capitalize on presenting this as persecution and, looking at historical comparables, they are likely to succeed. It’s not like Marine is so charismatic that her absence decapitates the movement by default. She’s no Trump.
Still, I’m not objecting to her being inhabilitated or jailed. I just hope the rest of the French political spectrum has a plan to manage the fallout, because so far they haven’t even been able to manage the fallout of actually not losing an election, so from the outside looking in my level of trust is low and Europe can’t afford to have France spiral down into fascism as well.
Common French W.
Enforcing laws on rich/powerful, novel concept in some lands.
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For 5 years
Oui!
This is honestly a fantastic development. Vive la République!
Hitler was sentenced for 5 years too lmao
The French justice system wins and the USA fails.
What? A right-wing politician actually being held accountable for being awful and a criminal?
Never thought I’d see the day. Good job, France!
So presidential! She could be our new president here in the US! Imagine that! First Felon woman president!
Man! We’re busting glass ceilings!
Please, have her
Trump I’d working on that. Either her, a 3rd term, or Felon Elon …billionaire’s clause amendment.
A woman? That sounds like DEI, that’s not allowed in the US of Trump.
inb4 elle crie au complot
Waiting for the orange fascist to threaten France with tariffs for this.
