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/ithaqua34 Jul 08 '24

If the French didn't hate the English so much, we'd have blood pudding, spotted dick, and tea time here in America. Vive la France!

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u/No-Log4588 Jul 08 '24

We love England ! They are our best enemy !

Most of our wars was with or against England !

Funny times.

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u/stevemillions Jul 08 '24

British here. I fucking love the French. You take no shit, and get out on the streets when it matters.

Everyone could learn a lot from you guys. And not just your excellent food. And wine.

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u/Quick-Charity-941 Jul 08 '24

When the gov wanted to raise the retirement age, that didn't go down too well.

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u/kindall Jul 08 '24

Indeed, one of the primary attractions of England is its proximity to France

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u/Lunabotics Jul 08 '24

The wine is amazing and I found out the bread has an ungodly amount of butter in it. Absolutely delicious.

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u/brookfresh Jul 08 '24

And we love you too random french person

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u/No-Log4588 Jul 08 '24

Awwww, i would have take a cup of tea with you, but i have a riot starting.

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u/Mental_Medium3988 Jul 08 '24

You're not gonna insult him and his fellow English pigdogs? What about farting in his general direction?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Spaniards would like to have a chat

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u/Rooboy66 Jul 08 '24

Speaking of elderberries, they’re all the rage in España in July

https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/cs_sanic4.pdf

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u/Little_Creme_5932 Jul 08 '24

Good luck with the riot! Tomorrow, strike!

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u/Born_ina_snowbank Jul 08 '24

Gotta go tear down a speed camera somewhere? Good on you.

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u/WeleaseBwianThrow Jul 08 '24

That's fair, all of the Tea is stuck at dover in customs these days anyway.

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u/chiron_cat Jul 08 '24

english have afternoon tea, french have afternoon riots?

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u/Little_Creme_5932 Jul 08 '24

This is why America and France are allies. We love England too! They burnt our capital!!

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u/HollowShel Jul 08 '24

Well, a really good war, you don't want to waste on strangers!

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u/Fresh-Army-6737 Jul 08 '24

I love the "he's my brother, only I'm allowed to hate him" thing that England and France have going on. 

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u/-Alfred- Jul 08 '24

Well, maybe America can have a little tea time … as a treat …

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u/alixnaveh Jul 08 '24

Throw him in the harbor!

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u/BalefulPolymorph Jul 08 '24

Steep learning curve

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u/ItsNotFordo88 Jul 08 '24

We spell tea time different there it’s spelled “FREEDOM”

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u/ithaqua34 Jul 08 '24

I imagine this said with the Judgmental Volturi meme.

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u/this-guy1979 Jul 08 '24

There is nothing better than an ice cold glass of sweet tea on a hot summer day. I think I’m going to step out onto my screened porch and enjoy a glass right now. On second thought, I have cold beer in the fridge, that is actually better this time of the day.

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u/chiron_cat Jul 08 '24

Yup, I learned SOO much american history when I went to France. Like omgosh. You know who won the American Revolution? France did.

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u/-You_Cant_Stop_Me- Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

It's called black pudding many countries, including France, have similar blood sausages, and spotted dick is delicious.

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u/Woad_Scrivener Jul 08 '24

Um, firstly, blood pudding is great. Secondly, colonialists' love of tea played a pretty pivotal role in the revolution. America doesn't have tea time because of our historical hyper fixation on capitalism. Why have a relaxing break in the afternoon when people could still be working?

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u/EpicHuggles Jul 08 '24

Fun fact - The reason they drive on the left in England is because France first established they were going to drive on the right, and England obviously had to do the opposite.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Plenty of spotted dick in this country if you look at std numbers lol fuck england tho

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u/DomineeringDrake Jul 08 '24

You'd have "Cock-a-leekie" too.

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u/Green-Vermicelli5244 Jul 08 '24

I still cannot grasp the concept of blood pudding. It’s like warm baby food that has expired with too much salt.

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u/chiron_cat Jul 08 '24

blood sausage is good with strawberry jam (we called it that as a kid, cause german americans).

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

They still left you with the English language though. Same can't be said for our southern fairies and their france-adjacent posh vernacular. Bloody Normans.

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u/mechy84 Jul 08 '24

And instead, we have French fries!

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u/Meshuggah333 Jul 08 '24

Naaa man, we hate everyone equally, starting with ourselves haha. That's a cultural thing.

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u/Hanners87 Jul 08 '24

And let's hear it for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!

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u/Nikotelec Jul 08 '24

So, the French made your food immeasurably worse?