• mittens [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Because he's a pretty contentious figure as far as I'm aware. He's routinely slammed for being antisemitic and, unlike Corbyn, Melenchon has actual faux pas on record like saying "Jesus was crucified by his own people", so it's not an accusation that is hard to stick. Plus he's sometimes lumped together with the deep state conspiracy people, perhaps unfairly but still. So there, I would put Le Pen's chances of winning the next election higher than Melenchon's and significantly so. Neither is winning, Macron is polling really high for some reason.