France’s Far Right Seizes the Moment

“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,” the New York Times reports.

“What did the main far-right party do? It blamed both, and launched into campaign mode.”

Said National Rally president Jordan Bardella: “We are paying for decades of being soft on crime, of weak authority, of the moral, psychological, and material disarmament of our internal security forces.”