42 Times Marine Le Pen Was Just Vladimir Putin in a Wig and Dress
42 Times Marine Le Pen Was Just Vladimir Putin in a Wig and Dress
This babushka’s motto is “Liberté, Égalité, Putinité”
Welp. When we started research on this one, we knew it was going to be bad, but we didn’t know it was going to be THIS bad. This is a really bad list, folks, and it’s not even a complete list. We got tired and stopped.
Marine Le Pen tried to distance herself from Putin and Russia… and it would have worked if French voters had just ignored everything she ever said and everything she ever did.
#19 is YIKES… Talk about a ménage à trois!
A partial list of Le Pen’s pro-Russian statements, actions, and policy positions:
Supports deeper diplomatic ties with Moscow
Supports Putin’s occupation of Crimea
Supports Putin’s 2014 illegal referendum in Crimea
Insists that Crimea is Russian
Blamed U.S. and NATO for tensions with Russia
Supports cutting off French aid to Ukraine
Supports alliance with Russia… on European security
Opposes sanctions against Russia for invasion of Ukraine
Opposes supplying French weapons to Ukraine
Seeks to revoke Ukraine’s use of Western weapons against military targets on Russian territory
Sought France withdrawal from the European Union
Wants France out of NATO’s military command
Seeks to distance France from the United States
Seeks to end cooperation projects with Germany
Abstained from vote for military aid to Ukraine
Owed or owes nearly $13 million to sanctioned Russian military contractor
Used official Kremlin verbiage in white papers
Said she shares the same values as Putin
Touted a “new world order” of a Trump-Putin-Le Pen alliance that she would helm
Pushed for arms deal with Russia following annexation of Crimea
Vowed to lift sanctions on Russian oil and gas companies
Served as “communications channel” and mouthpiece for Kremlin
“Repeat word for word the official language of Putin’s regime” during testimony, per investigators
Printed 1.2M campaign leaflets with pic of her shaking hands with Putin and caption reading “a woman of conviction”. Tried to stop the leaflets’ circulation after Russia invaded Ukraine
Called the idea that Putin threatens Europe “a big scam”
Supports strategy of political and ideological rapprochement with Kremlin
Attempted to cover up pro-Russian defense positions on party website
Called Russia a French ally amid military buildup at Ukraine border
Touted Putin’s line that he did not plan to invade Ukraine amid military buildup at border
Flew to Moscow in 2017 for Kremlin meeting with Putin ahead of France’s presidential vote
Took €9 million loan from Russian bank to fund party’s campaign, paid back 9 years later
Sought additional €27 million loan from Russian bank to fund party’s campaign
Said, “I admire Vladmir Putin”
Said, “Everyone has a form of admiration for Vladimir Putin”
Said, “It's now the world of Putin, the world of Donald Trump”
Said, "Ukraine is part of Russia's sphere of influence, it's a fact.”
Said Russia “hasn't led any campaigns against European countries, or against the U.S."
Said Russia is “going broadly in the right direction” under Putin
Said, “The policies I represent are the policies represented by Mr Trump [and] Mr Putin.”
Defended Russian elections as free and fair, claimed Russian elections show Putin’s popularity
Said, "The Vladimir Putin of five years ago is not exactly that of today" to justify Kremlin visit
Called questions about her repeated pro-Russian stances “unfair” and a “trial”
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