Friday, April 21, 2017

Obama Attempts To Sway

a Foreign Election

Democrats are still furious at the possibility of a foreign leader swaying

the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But they’re less concerned when

they’re the ones doing the swaying.

President Barack Obama stepped back into international politics on

Thursday, during a controversial phone call with liberal French

presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron—discussing how the teams

can work together to ensure a liberal victory.

French voters go to the polls on Saturday for the first round of their

presidential election. The two candidates with the most votes face off

in a second round runoff election in May.

While polling shows a close race between four candidates, the liberal

establishment favorite, Macron, is likely to make the runoff. But his

most likely opponent is a conservative often described as a female

Donald Trump—Marine Le Pen, of the Front National party.

Another western democracy electing an anti-establishment nationalist

would be a disaster for the globalist left. Which is, presumably, why

Obama decided to abruptly end his lengthy post-presidency vacation

and return to politics.

While Obama’s team tried to downplay the call, Macron was happy

to brag about his support from the former U.S. President—releasing

a video of his side of the call, and posting to Twitter, "Let’s keep defending

our progressive values. Thank you for this discussion @BarackObama.”

In the video, Obama seemed to coach Macron on how best to win the

election.

“The main message I have is to wish you all the best in the coming

days, and make sure, as you said, you work hard all the way

through—because you never know, it might be that last day of

campaigning that makes all the difference,” advised Obama.

Macron excitedly replied, “I will do my best, believe me. So I will

fight to the last minute, and we will keep in touch, and our teams will

realize and organize a new contact and see how to work together

if I’m getting to the run-off.”

If Obama’s history of European election involvement is any guide,

Le Pen can breathe easy. Last summer, Obama resorted to

overblown scare tactics in an effort to convince British voters to stay

in the European Union—and he was resoundingly defeated at the ballot box.

Read more at http://americanactionnews.com/articles/obama-attempts-to-sway-a-foreign-election#Y2KhfJtm4fDoZKQ3.99