A French court found her and eight other former European lawmakers guilty of embezzling public funds. The verdict is a hammer blow to Le Pen's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics.
I worry that all this will do in the long run is turn LePen into a martyr. Even when the left is totally out of the picture and the hogs trip over their own two feet, they always have a habit of drumming up a rallying cry against the left using themselves as a martyr.
it’s okay, corruption is encouraged and promoted in the West so.
I worry that all this will do in the long run is turn LePen into a martyr. Even when the left is totally out of the picture and the hogs trip over their own two feet, they always have a habit of drumming up a rallying cry against the left using themselves as a martyr.
Thing is, that will always happen. They’ll portray themselves as victims whether they’re prosecuted or not, they always have and they always will.