National Harbor, Maryland – France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardera on Friday is a conservative political action meeting after Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, the host of the now popular conservative podcast. I cancelled the planned statement. Some said it looked like a Nazi salute.
“I wasn’t in the room yesterday, but one of the speakers who spoke from the provocation allowed gestures to hint at Nazi ideology,” Bardera said in a statement to a French media outlet. “Therefore, we have made the immediate decision to cancel the speech that was scheduled for this afternoon.”
The controversy comes a month after Elon Musk was accused of giving a Nazi salute in one of Trump’s inauguration events, with their leaders responsible for the systemic murders of millions of Jews Conservatives can be further filled with debates about whether they deliberately respect the brutal administration that owes the . The 1940s.
It is also the latest incident at CPAC, where participants appear to refer to Nazi ideology.
The Bannon incident occurred Thursday, when he spoke to a crowd of conservative activists.
“The only way they can win is if we retreat,” Bannon said at the end of his speech. “And we are not going to retreat. We are not going to surrender. We are not going to quit. We are going to fight, fight, fight!”
He then extended his right arm.
In an interview with NBC News at Thursday’s meeting, Bannon denied that the gesture was a salute.
“I always do that because waving to the crowd and that’s all about them,” Bannon said.
“The only thing that’s done is to make the speech even bigger,” he added. “But French man, you need to be combat hard. He’s just p — y.”
“Maga never supports him. … He’s a cute boy,” Bannon added, referring to Bardela, the president of France’s far-right National Rally Party. “If you’re afraid of the mainstream media, he’s never going to lead France.”
The national rally did not respond to requests for comment.
At the meeting, the gesture portrayed a calm response from participants. The crowd did not register any significant additional responses to the gesture. Many participants lined up for a meeting and gift with Bannon on Friday, either did not see his speech or saw it and thought it was wrong framing or left trolling to call it a salute. I did.
Greg Conte, a deadly socialist in 2017, was a united lobby in Charlottesville, Virginia, where gestured masks and speakers like Bannon were virtuous. It was a signature of the conference, which stated it was to call it “zio-servative.” It criticizes Israel’s support.
“The “Nazi salute” by Bannon, Musk or other capitalist oligarchs is a stupid attitude,” Conte said.
Musk is a tech billionaire who has become a force with conservative Trump supporters, sometimes argued with Bannon, and later said he referred to Nazism, joking about the controversy over his gestures. Ock it made me laugh.
“Frankly, they need better dirty tricks,” Musk posted to X at the time. “The attack is “Everyone is Hitler” so exhausting. ”
Valdera, 28, has been president of Marine Le Pen’s far-right national assembly since 2022 and has been a member of the European Parliament since 2019. He has a strong supporter with young voters and a social media presence. He and his party are calling for a more restrictive immigration policy.
He has both expressed support for Trump, but also shows that there are limitations to support. “Loving Donald Trump’s patriotism doesn’t mean he’s a vassal of the United States,” Bardera said in early 2024, according to France24.
On Saturday, Trump is scheduled to deal with CPAC. This is an event that has been on the rise for more than a month since he officially took office.
Trump’s victory in each of the major swing states during the 2024 race with Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 will be his team to what they considered the mission they used to move aggressively. I gave it. Prominent parts of that agenda include the installation of masks and his government efficiency.
Musk was greeted like a rock star on Thursday at CPAC stage and walked with a chainsaw given to him by right-wing Argentine President Javier Mairi. This gift was intended to symbolize the masks ripping away government waste.
“I’m becoming a meme,” Musk told the CPAC crowd, saying Doge was “fighting the Matrix.”
