MAGA Fumes Over France Election Results: ‘They Cheated’

Donald Trump loyalists have lashed out at the shock results of the French parliamentary elections, saying the far right was “cheated” out of victory.

The New Popular Front, a left-wing coalition, emerged with a surprising victory in the second round of voting in France on Sunday, but its 182 seats are not enough to secure an outright majority.

President Emmanuel Macron‘s centrist Ensemble alliance came in second with 168 seats, with the far-right National Rally, which was widely expected to win the election since it won the first round of voting, finishing third with 143 seats.

Macron announced the snap election in May after his centrist Together alliance was heavily beaten by Marine Le Pen‘s anti-immigration National Rally at the European elections. The move was seen as a desperate attempt to avoid the far-right achieving power in France, with voters urged to back the hastily put together left-wing coalition or centrist group to prevent the National Rally taking control of the country’s Parliament.

Following Sunday’s vote, numerous Trump supporters criticized the results after Macron’s gamble to keep the far right out of power succeeded, comparing the election to the 2020 and upcoming 2024 U.S. elections.

Catturd, a conservative social media account with more than 2.5 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, wrote, “They cheated in France just like here.”

“There’s not one country on planet earth that has fair elections now. Once you realize that, you’re apart of the real resist,” the user added in a later post.

David Sacks, a venture capitalist backing Trump and co-host of the All-In podcast, wrote on X: “France shows that no election is certain. Macron and the far-left used every trick in the book to deny Marine Le Pen her victory. Republicans shouldn’t get complacent.”

Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the Students for Trump group, wrote: “I care more about America than I do about a country like France that knows how to throw up the white flag quicker than they can fight.”

End Wokeness, a right-wing X account with more than 2.6 million followers, said: “This is insane. Macron’s party colluded with the far-left socialists in order to block a Le Pen win.

“200 candidates dropped out last week, coalescing against the ‘far-right’. Well the coup just paid off. The socialists just won FIRST PLACE. It looks like France will not be saved.”

Other supporters of the Make America Great Again movement helped “RIP France” become one of the top trending topics on X in the wake of the second round of voting.

Chaya Raichik, the conservative figure behind the Libs of TikTok social media profile, wrote on X: “Glad I got the opportunity to visit France before it totally goes to sh*t. RIP France.”

Newsweek has contacted Trump’s office for comment on France’s parliamentary elections by email.

After the second round of voting showed the National Rally in third place, Le Pen said the “tide is rising” and that the party’s victory was “only delayed.”

Jordan Bardella, the head of the far-right party, added, “Depriving millions of French people of the possibility of seeing their ideas brought to power will never be a viable destiny for France.”

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he would resign after the New Popular Front coalition won the most seats on Sunday, leading France to a possible hung Parliament.

Attal said the risk of a far-right majority in Parliament had been “discarded” by the French people.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this evening, a new era begins. A new era for our nation,” he said, according to a CNBC translation.

Macron’s role as France’s president is not affected by Sunday’s results. He is set to serve in the role for another three years, but the French Constitution stipulates that he cannot seek reelection for a third term in 2027.