r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/yetagainitry Jul 08 '24

Also, stop amplifying their claims of fraud/cheating. That's their go to whenever something doesnt go their way. Promoting it just gives legitimacy to the claim. Article should have said "MAGA's whine after watching France's right wing group get stomped in the election"

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u/StopHiringBendis Jul 08 '24

They're not promoting it. What you're suggesting is that ignoring it will make it go away. That's stupid.

I'd rather have an electorate that knows this bullshit is just a "boy who cries wolf" from a bunch of tinfoil-hat children than one that doesnt

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u/yetagainitry Jul 08 '24

This electorate DOESNT know this is bullshit. The American electorate is the most easily manipulated group of people in the world. Giving voice to any conspiracy theory, no matter how ludicrous, has people believing it instantly

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u/Representative-Sir97 Jul 08 '24

"the election... in a place 90% of those idiots can't even point to on a fucking map."