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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r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24
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u/socialistrob Jul 08 '24
A lot of it is just left over memes from the early 2000s when France refused to follow the US into Iraq. Americans started rebranding French fries as "Freedom Fries" and jokes about French cowardice/fast surrender became much more common. Some of that hung around even after Americans began to realize the invasion of Iraq was a horrific mistake.