UPDATED: Bannon tells French far-right: 'history is on our side'

[DonViejo]

Last edited Sat Mar 10, 2018, 04:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Agence France-Presse



10 MAR 2018

Former top Trump aide Steve Bannon told the French far right on Saturday that "history is on our side" as he addressed a National Front party conference that is seeking to bounce back from crushing electoral setbacks.

"The tide of history is with us and it will compel us to victory after victory, after victory," Bannon, once a powerful figure in the Trump administration and former head of Breitbart News, told the FN conference in its northern stronghold of Lille.

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- 'King of fake news' -

Bannon, who has repeatedly expressed support for Europe's far-right movements, fired the opening salvo at the gathering, even if the head of Macron's Republic on the Move party, Christophe Castaner, earlier dubbed him "the king of fake news and of white supremacists."

Bannon said he agreed with Le Pen's expressed belief that "it is not about left versus right. That's too simplistic and it's the way the opposition party, media, has always kept us out of power. "She described it perfectly: it's do you consider the nation state an obstacle to be overcome or a jewel to be polished, loved and nurtured?"

Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/bannon-tells-french-far-right-history-our-side-doc-1286f35

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UPDATE:

Bannon to French far-right party: 'Let them call you racists'

BY JOSH DELK - 03/10/18 02:25 PM EST

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon encouraged members of France's far-right National Front party on Saturday to embrace backlash to their positions as "a badge of honor."

"Let them call you racists, let them call you xenophobes, let them call you nativists, wear it as a badge of honor," Bannon told members of the anti-mass immigration party in video published by The Washington Post.

Bannon spoke at the National Front's annual convention in the French city of Lille after traveling through Europe in recent weeks for meetings with populist leaders of various parties. From his travels, Bannon said he is now certain "history is on our side."

Despite being ousted from his White House post last year and feuding with Trump in recent months, Bannon praised the president's "economic nationalism" that he said "does not care about your race, your religion, your ethnicity."

"It cares about one thing: Are you a citizen of the United States of America?"

more
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377755-bannon-to-french-far-right-party-wear-racism-accusations-as-a-badge

[LenaBaby61]

1. I can't WAIT to see turds like Bannon ...

Et al go DOWN.

[Leghorn21]

2. Aw Jeez, not this shit again!

[louis-t]

3. History? What history? Nazi history?

What was his point? Nazis always win? That's not true.
The far right can't get out of it's own way? That's true but not much of a platform.

[FakeNoose]

9. No I think he's talking about the French Revolution

You remember, when the poor people of Paris sent all the rich aristocrats to the guillotine?
I'm pretty sure the French people aren't listening to Bannon, or anybody on the alt-right.

[Drum]

4. Well, he's pretty much outing himself isn't he?

You Steve, You Played Yourself...

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[SeattleVet]

5. Did he then break out into a rousing chorus of...

"Tomorrow Belongs to Me"?

[Rollo]

18. I thought of the same song...

[cstanleytech]

6. Hitler would have probably said the same thing and he

would have been just as wrong.

[MadDAsHell]

7. -History will be on our side- is an incredibly boastful and pretentious thing for anyone to say.

I cringe anytime I hear it. If the future is so already assured, why do we even debate?

[BlueMTexpat]

8. The French DID

manage to execute a LOT of people like Bannon before.

So, in that sense, he is correct.

[not fooled]

10. Follow the money

putin's involved, bet on it.

[JI7]

11. Is he referring to the holocaust ?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He is becoming the next iteration of Pat Buchanan.

[Initech]

13. Do they know *ANYTHING* about history?

Racists and tyrants always lose! Always! Trump will lose. Bannon will lose. Putin will lose.

[appalachiablue]

14. Windbag Tub of Lard- the pro-Nazi French and Vichy went down, clown.

[dalton99a]

16. Yep. 6,762 collaborators were sentenced to death after WWII

In the period between 1944 and 1951, a total of 6,762 people were sentenced to death by the official French courts. Of those, 3,910 were trialed in absentia. However, only 791 collaborators were actually executed; more were subjected to the National Degradation punishment, which included the loss of their political, civil, and professional rights. The convicted became second-class citizens, and a total of 49,723 people were punished this way.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Bannon doesnt know history very well, apparently

....

[paleotn]

17. No it's not.

Remember Vichy France, Stevie boy? Now how about a shave and a haircut. Maybe a shower...god you stink! And lay off the damn sauce! Idiot.

[Sophia4]

19. Bannon needs to watch the film, Hitler's Circle of Evil as do we all.

Within the rigid and self-centered beliefs of the right wing are the reasons for its ultimate self-destruction.

These extreme right-wing movements become festering grounds for internal rivalries, jealousies and hate.

It is inimical to the philosophy of the right-wing that people can work together peacefully for a good that is not just their own good.

Hitler's Circle of Evil. Be sure to see it.

I didn't help make it. I have no interest in the movie. It's just a great documentary. A very important documentary for all who are interested in politics.

[underpants]

20. Nazis gonna Nazi

Stolen line

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