{"id":2688913,"date":"2026-10-21T07:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/les-republicans-pounce-media-denounces-far-right-candidate-in-france-for-noticing-riots-are-a-bad-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:55:01","slug":"les-republicans-pounce-media-denounces-far-right-candidate-in-france-for-noticing-riots-are-a-bad-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/les-republicans-pounce-media-denounces-far-right-candidate-in-france-for-noticing-riots-are-a-bad-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Republicans Pounce! Media Denounces &#8216;Far Right&#8217; Candidate in France For Noticing Riots Are a Bad Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fles-republicans-pounce-media-denounces-far-right-candidate-in-france-for-noticing-riots-are-a-bad-thing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2688913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_6)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_7)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_8)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve exported the \u201cfiery but mostly peaceful protests\u201d narrative to France. Now, the media is sending them the \u201cRepublicans pounce\u201d storyline, as well.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve probably heard, France is burning thanks to \u201cstudent\u201d protests. I put that word in quotation marks because there\u2019s every indication that these riots are being funded by the same network that <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/world\/europe\/same-network-boosted-anti-israel-protests-us-center-french-unrest-riots\">boosts<\/a> Marxist protests in the United States, as well. But that\u2019s not being reported.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, this is what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-arsonists-continue-setting-france-ablaze-jd-vance-warns-america-faces-future\/\">happened in Limoges during unrest<\/a> the BBC said was \u201cmostly peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Limoges Town Hall survived two world wars and stood as a symbol of French history.<\/p>\n<p>Now it will be remembered as a symbol of the country\u2019s downfall.<\/p>\n<p>This is so incredibly tragic. https:\/\/t.co\/35t2HtvSP1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Maalouf \u200f (@realMaalouf) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realMaalouf\/status\/2111681688220680413?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fiery! But \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-mocked-labeling-kenosha-mostly-peaceful-footage-showed-opposite\/\">mostly peaceful<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is being reported pretty widely, even if the genesis of the riots isn\u2019t being accurately conveyed. What\u2019s receiving less coverage is the political subtext of the riots, particularly as France may be about to undergo a generational political change.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron is term-limited, and the man probably thanks the sweet Lord (or whatever he worships) that he is, since he was about as popular as a diphtheria outbreak even <em>before <\/em>the country collapsed into rioting.<\/p>\n<p>Who will replace him remains to be seen, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/le-pen-melenchon-gain-momentum-ahead-french-2027-election-poll-shows-2026-10-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling<\/a> says that the top two candidates are likely populist conservative Marine Le Pen of the National Rally \u2014 often painted as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2026\/10\/21\/trump-hails-le-pen-as-conservative-voice-amid-france-unrest_6760624_4.html\">France\u2019s version<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-totalitarian-dem-slotkin-wants-trump-prosecution-teach-gop-kids-happens-resist-left\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> \u2014 and leftist hardliner Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon of La France Insoumise in second.<\/p>\n<p>France uses a runoff system where the top two candidates face each other if neither attains 50 percent of the vote, which seems likely. In this scenario, Le Pen is ahead of M\u00e9lenchon by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Le Pen has been a longtime immigration hawk and a law-and-order candidate, it\u2019s not difficult to see why the current unrest would play into her hands. A politician would be a fool not to call a spade a spade, particularly if they\u2019ve been doing so for decades, like Le Pen has.<\/p>\n<p>But, as Heather Mac Donald of the conservative Manhattan Institute noted, pretty much every report out of France about the political repercussions from our establishment media uses the same playbook: the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/plagiarism-expert-drops-damning-post-cited-nyt-article-downplaying-allegations-kamala-harris\/\">Republicans pounce<\/a>\u201d trope repackaged for the National Rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mainstream media are fuming. Marine Le Pen, head of France\u2019s most popular party, National Rally, is exploiting the French riots for her political advantage, the media grouse,\u201d Mac Donald said on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLe Pen and her right-hand man, Jordan Bardella, portray the riots as the confirmation of everything they have been warning about for years, especially regarding Third World immigration. This is a ruse, complains the press and its establishment sources, a mere rhetorical trick.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The mainstream media are fuming. Marine Le Pen, head of France\u2019s most popular party, National Rally, is exploiting the French riots for her political advantage, the media grouse. Le Pen and her right-hand man, Jordan Bardella, portray the riots as the confirmation of everything they have been warning about for years, especially regarding Third World immigration. This is a ruse, complains the press and its establishment sources, a mere rhetorical trick.<\/p>\n<p>A front-page article in today\u2019s New York Times quotes a political scientist at Paris\u2019s Sciences Po: \u201cThe picture of France emerging this morning, in light of all the destruction, plays well into their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal sounds the same note today: \u201cThe social instability over the weekend absolutely plays into Le Pen\u2019s campaign that the establishment has delivered chaos,\u201d said Mujtaba Rahman, from the risk analysis firm Eurasia Group.<\/p>\n<p>Even the papers\u2019 headlines echo each other: \u201cFrance\u2019s Far Right Seizes the Moment as Rioting Stuns the Country\u201d (New York Times); \u201cMarine Le Pen Seizes on French Chaos to Present Herself as Leader in Waiting\u201d (Wall Street Journal).<\/p>\n<p>It is necessary to deconstruct these far-right narratives; thankfully, the press is there to help us. The violence \u201cperfectly aligned with the image the National Rally has long painted of a France divided into two and battling for survival,\u201d a political science professor at the University of Nice, C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur told the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal writes that the \u201cfar-right\u201d Le Pen has \u201ccast\u201d France as a nation adrift, \u201cbuffeted by waves of immigration and lawlessness that have torn at the country\u2019s social fabric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is mere coincidence that that image of a divided, degraded France constructed by the National Rally and the violence on the streets seem to align. That alignment does not mean that the National Rally was right, just that its demagogy was opportune.<\/p>\n<p>But the waves of hate-filled destruction crashing over France\u2019s once great cities validate Le Pen and Bardella\u2019s diagnosis of France\u2019s demographic catastrophe, not as narrative but as empirical fact. The Wall Street Journal again tries to dismiss Le Pen\u2019s prognostications as a rhetorical maneuver: \u201cLe Pen\u2019s anti-immigration stance\u2026gives her another way to frame the unrest. Le Pen has cast the unrest as the work of far-left radicals allied with youths from France\u2019s banlieues, the poor urban outskirts where much of the country\u2019s minority Muslim population resides.\u201d How else would the Journal \u201ccast\u201d the \u201cunrest?\u201d As the work of lavender harvesters from Provence?<\/p>\n<p>The elite effort at euphemism is by now desperate: \u201cThe looting drew attention to a segment of the population\u2014specifically young people from certain neighborhoods, some of whom are from immigrant backgrounds,\u201d pollster Ad\u00e9la\u00efde Zulfikarpasic told the Journal. \u201cAnd that hits the themes at the heart of National Rally\u2019s rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A conversation on German public media station ZDF yesterday between the ever-pinched and purse-lipped anchor Marietta Slomka and a French academic in Bonn referred delicately to the \u201cdecades-long problem\u201d of poverty, concentration, and \u201cintegration\u201d in the Plattenbauten (the concrete slab housing projects) around Paris. The problem is not \u201cintegration,\u201d which suggests a failing in the host country, however, it is large-scale Third World immigration, which has turned many of these projects into no-go zones. And now that local anarchy is spreading.<\/p>\n<p>If naming a deliberate attack on Western civilization by those who feel only resentment and envy earns one the title of far-right extremist or racist, so be it. The mayhem in France is not rhetoric, it is reality. And the National Rally\u2019s law enforcement and deportation proposals are precisely what France and the rest of Europe need today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heather Mac Donald (@HMDatMI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HMDatMI\/status\/2112616388460249590?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those of you unfamiliar with the \u201cRepublicans pounce!\u201d narrative, Kevin D. Williamson, then of National Review, wrote my favorite TL;DR<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/media-bias-reporting-conservatives-pounce-again\/\"> summation<\/a> of it back in 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>When a Republican does something stupid or wrong and gets criticized for it, the story is that a Republican has done something stupid or wrong. When a Democrat does something stupid or wrong, the story is \u201cRepublicans pounce!\u201d on the episode, cynically looking to wring some petty advantage out of the mess. For those who lean Democrat, that is a much more pleasant story to report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And I know you\u2019ll never believe this, but this works in France, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/france-far-right-protests-riots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, Monday: \u201cFrance\u2019s Far Right Seizes the Moment as Rioting Stuns the Country.\u201d Catherine Porter blamed Le Pen and Bardella for seizing, the media\u2019s favorite stand-in for \u201cpouncing\u201d when that\u2019d just be too obvious.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>After riots erupted this weekend in cities across France, its centrist government blamed the main far-left party, accusing its politicians of inciting the violence. That party blamed the government, accusing it of stirring public anger through years of bad governance and heavy-handed policing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What did the main far-right party do? It blamed both, and launched into campaign mode.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are paying for decades of being soft on crime, of weak authority, of the moral, psychological, and material disarmament of our internal security forces,\u201d Jordan Bardella, the president of the far-right National Rally party, said after emerging from a police station in central Paris on Sunday. He said had gone there to support police officers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, political parties addressing the issues is now \u201cseizing\u201d on rioting because rioting is bad and the rioting is also linked to populations that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-arsonists-continue-setting-france-ablaze-jd-vance-warns-america-faces-future\/\">France has imported from the Third World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The words \u201cfar-right\u201d were used to describe the National Rally eight times, compared with two uses of \u201cfar-left\u201d to describe M\u00e9lenchon and his confederates twice.<\/p>\n<p>(It\u2019s worth noting that M\u00e9lenchon really <em>is<\/em> quite far-left, given that he\u2019s an anti-Semite who believes that France shouldn\u2019t pay its debts and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/europe\/the-far-left-firebrand-who-wants-to-upend-frances-politicsand-cancel-its-debt-a50025ea\">the rioters<\/a> are \u201cvoicing their demands in the most beautiful way possible.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/europe\/marine-le-pen-seizes-on-french-chaos-to-present-herself-as-leader-in-waiting-80549c0a\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, nominally more conservative than The New York Times, we got this headline: \u201cMarine Le Pen Seizes on French Chaos to Present Herself as Leader in Waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least we only got \u201cfar-right\u201d four times in that story, including the subheadline, but it was better in a marginal sense only.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>For more than a decade, the far-right leader has cast France as a nation adrift, buffeted by waves of immigration and lawlessness that have torn at the country\u2019s social fabric. As bands of hooded rioters in dark clothing have descended on city centers across France, raiding city halls and looting thousands of stores, Le Pen has sought to present herself as the sole candidate in this spring\u2019s presidential election willing to restore order.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The strategy was on display this week as Le Pen released a video address that bore the hallmarks of a president addressing the nation. Seated at a desk before an august bookcase and flanked by France\u2019s tricolor flag, Le Pen cast the riots as a crisis of faith in President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s authority.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur country is caught in a vice, held hostage between violence and powerlessness,\u201d Le Pen said. \u201cIn six months, the French people will be able to choose a different path \u2014 one of authority and restored security.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The approach has given Le Pen an air of inevitability as she pursues France\u2019s highest office.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, imagine \u2014 a presidential candidate\u00a0<em>acting<\/em> presidential. Where\u2019s the ghost of \u00c9mile Zola to give a hearty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Jaccuse\"><em>J\u2019accuse\u2026 !<\/em><\/a>, one wonders.<\/p>\n<p>And that was hardly the only outrage. This pull-quote from pollster Ad\u00e9la\u00efde Zulfikarpasic takes the cake: \u201cThe looting drew attention to a segment of the population \u2014 specifically young people from certain neighborhoods, some of whom are from immigrant backgrounds,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that hits the themes at the heart of National Rally\u2019s rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-dire-warning-french-amid-nationwide-rioting-paris-will-soon-muslim-city\/\">which neighborhoods<\/a> might those be, Ad\u00e9la\u00efde?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/france\/france-riots-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-using-protests-emmanuel-ma-rcna604307\">NBC News<\/a>, to its marginal credit, went further into the thesaurus to find a synonym for pounce: \u201cHow France\u2019s far right has capitalized on a weekend of riots, looting and chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>She was \u201ctrying to take advantage of the situation to change her persona and the way she embodies politics, no doubt to appear more presidential but also more authoritative,\u201d said Gaspard Gantzer, an ex-top adviser to former President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, Macron\u2019s predecessor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt a time when the country seems to be descending into chaos, this attitude is meant to project reassurance and authority,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The masked looters wreaking havoc in the French streets were a minority. The government estimated that 550,000 people joined Saturday\u2019s demonstrations, most of them peacefully, after weeks of protests against poor school conditions and a punishingly high cost of living.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yet the images of burning shops and helmet-clad riot police only sharpen the narrative that Europe is in turmoil.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Imagine that: \u201ccapitalizing\u201d on the those \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d demonstrations that ended up burning down a historic city hall by noting they look a lot like \u201cturmoil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What does this look like to you \u2014 turmoil or \u201cmostly peaceful\u2026 protests against poor school conditions\u201d?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The looting in Paris today.. France riots https:\/\/t.co\/lzz3sLLB80<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Osint613\/status\/2111545234714918991?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Rioters, deeply concerned about France\u2019s education system, continue looting shops across the country https:\/\/t.co\/jYMfTteudS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2112150206582284460?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looters clear out Louis Vuitton store in Bordeaux, France, amid cost-of-living protests<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/fbOXIGlPYE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsWire_US\/status\/2111805785907032444?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Didn\u2019t know the <em>lyc\u00e9es<\/em> held class at Louis Vuitton. You learn new things every day.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the outrages coming out of France the last month, the fact our mainstream media is exporting its narrative slop to the streets of Paris and Lyon pales in immediate impact next to the burning of the Limoges City Hall, say, but it may have greater long-term consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Marine Le Pen and the National Rally were right. If you refuse to stop the importation of chaos, this is what you reap.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t pouncing or seizing or capitalizing. It\u2019s stating the facts \u2014 and if you want to end this madness, France, vote for someone who\u2019s built their career around doing so.<\/p>\n<p>This is hardly \u201cfar-right\u201d sentiment in 2026, not when we\u2019ve seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-border-crisis-photo-shows-33-illegal-immigrants-crammed-inside-u-haul-100-degree-heat\/\">billion different ways this can go sideways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not that the media cares about the truth, of course. 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