France: National Rally Candidate Assaulted While Campaigning
France: National Rally Candidate Assaulted While Campaigning
The Facts
A group of masked assailants wearing black assaulted right-wing politician Hervé Breuil of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party. The assailants beat Breuil while he was campaigning in the central French town of Saint Etienne.
A group of masked assailants wearing black reportedly assaulted right-wing politician Hervé Breuil of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party. The assailants beat Breuil while he was campaigning in the central French town of Saint Etienne.
The Spin
The far-left in France is acting violently to stop the rising popularity of the National Rally. Instead of defeating Breuil at the ballot box, their militant actions put him in the hospital. If RN is such a threat to democracy, why are its opponents the ones physically assaulting the democratic process?
All political violence should be condemned, but this news should not blind us to the dark future of France should the National Rally take power. In the wake of their EU parliamentary victory, RN supporters were seen violently attacking members of the LGBTQ community. If given a legislative majority, such attacks against all minorities will become dangerously commonplace.
