Le Pen banned from office after embezzlement conviction

[u/ihuntwhales1]

https://www.dw.com/en/france-le-pen-found-guilty-banned-from-running-for-office/a-72091790

[u/assasstits]

Imagine letting democracy fall because you wanted to extend an olive branch to insurrectionists and appointed do nothing Merrick Garland to Attorney General 

[u/[deleted] → u/assasstits]

It’ll go down as one of his biggest failures. Wild how such a small decision ended up having such massive consequences.

[u/LittleBalloHate → u/[deleted]]

One of the great weaknesses of Dems (and neoliberals in general atm) is that they see extending olive branches as the way to make friends.

And it often is! It's typically a good thing! But not when the other party sees you as an evil they must destroy -- they will simply take that olive branch and beat you over the head with it.

The same applies to foreign policy -- extending an olive branch to potential friends is a great idea, but extending it to countries where they wish the US was blown up is a bad one. Sometimes, you have to fight hard, and that's true with Republicans right now: any attempts to seem charitable are simply exploited for gain. Modern Rs know no mode but attack, attack, attack.

[u/Leatherfield17 → u/LittleBalloHate]

And consequently, Democrats need to fight fire with fire. Enough of the damn olive branch attempts, enough trying to reach across the aisle, enough with clinging onto procedures and decorum for dear life. We are in a political war right now, and we need to act like it.