Le Pen 'steps aside' as party leader

[True Dough]

Source: BBC

Marine Le Pen says she's stepping aside as leader of far-right National Front party as she seeks French presidency

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39696861

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That's it for the moment. This is literally breaking right now. I guess she's hoping for broader appeal by distancing herself from the National Front to push her over the top in the presidential vote? That leopard isn't changing her spots, just being manipulative!

[dhill926]

1. Fuck her...

Really hope France holds..:

[catbyte]

2. I hopethe French aren't as ignorant, gullible, and bigoted as Americans were.

[katmondoo]

5. They are not without guilt during the German occupation

Sent lots of Jews and children to the death camps. I just hope they remember those times and vote for Democracy

[leftynyc]

6. Not according to le pen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/10/marine-le-pen-doesnt-deny-that-french-jews-were-handed-over-to-nazis-but-she-claims-france-is-not-to-blame/?utm_term=.6f137cf42a23

[Doreen]

3. She is just trump with a vagina.

[gopiscrap]

7. yup, my thoughts too

[MFM008]

4. holding out hope

The French toast this woman in the vote.
(see what I did there...)

[Recursion]

8. What the fuck is she up to?

There's something going on here.

[Kathy M]

10. My guess would be trying ti distance herself from

her father ......

[Recursion]

12. I mean, obviously nobody would fall for something that transparent and cynical, right?

Ah.... fuck it. We're all doomed.

[Blue Idaho]

9. Too little...

Too late... you can't unring a bell Marine.

[Kathy M]

11. agree

[nitpicker]

13. More from The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/24/macron-and-le-pen-to-face-off-for-french-presidency

[True Dough]

14. Thanks! That article reveals

that her decision to "step aside" is temporary. Just a ploy. Nothing more.