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Marine Le Pen’s political future is cloudy for now, but Sunday’s rally in support of her took place under an impeccably sunny spring sky in an upscale neighborhood of central Paris, with temperatures nearing 20 degrees Celsius.

But despite ideal weather, the crowd didn’t show up.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 8 points 10 hours ago

Didn't that removed want to end French democracy and suppress future elections if she won?

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 7 points 15 hours ago

save it so she can use it to destroy it

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 4 points 14 hours ago

she tried the imamoglu gambit, unfortunately she isn't actually being held down by a dictator

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

According to organizers of Sunday’s rally, some 5,000 to 8,000 people were expected to attend the event, soberly titled “Save Democracy,” with a fleet of 20 buses and nine mini-buses to bring in more supporters. During his speech, National Rally President Jordan Bardella claimed 10,000 people were present.

Same MO as when they took out kremlin's candidate in Romania. Because nothing says "save democracy" like a manufactured protest with paid party members and acolytes.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If only Russian bots could show up to protests

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Looking ar current scenario it doesn't seem too far fetched :-(

[–] 0xSim@lemdro.id 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 17 hours ago

I’ve seen marching bands bigger than this.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

According to organizers of Sunday’s rally, some 5,000 to 8,000 people were expected to attend the event, soberly titled “Save Democracy,” ...

During his speech, National Rally President Jordan Bardella claimed 10,000 people were present. Yet the Place Vauban, ... was sparsely filled, and the true attendance figure was likely much lower. ...

But for Laurent Jacobelli, a party spokesperson and parliamentarian, the event’s organization was spurred by “a very strong demand from people to voice their doubts about the judgment” in the Le Pen case.

O the very strong demand /s

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

Pretty sure Utah had a bigger turnout against him than any of his rallies has ever had.