French leader cancels CPAC speech after Bannon’s apparent Nazi salute

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/21/steve-bannon-cpac-nazi-salute-french-leader?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter

40 comments

  1. Apparent nothing.

    We saw it, same as we saw President Musk’s heil.

    The GOP is the Neo-Nazi party.

  2. So the MAGA Nazis are too extreme for the National Rally, that tells you something.

  5. They shouldn’t have needed a “salute” to know that CPAC is a Nazi event. Just listen to what they say at CPAC. It’s pretty obvious.

  6. I guess “apparent nazi salute” is at least better than “controversial hand gesture”

  7. 2018 interview with Michael Lewis

    “The Democrats don’t matter,” Bannon said . “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”

    This is what he does and it’s by design.

  8. Bardella is about as right as it gets in France ( right of Le Pen) which shows you how fucked up CPAC and the GOP are

  9. What do you mean “apparent”!? Call it what it is for crying out loud. When did journalists become such cowards

  10. This ‘leader’ is considered extreme right in France, other politicians don’t want to shake hands with him. Still even for him this is too much.

  11. At this point can they just openly be racist and say the n-word? We all know they mean it when they say DEI. Let’s just get this ball moving.

  12. WTF Axios with the “apparent”.

    We all can see it FOR WHAT IT IS!

  13. Strange I haven’t heard anybody accuse Bannon of being autistic as an excuse. Maybe Leon didn’t do it because of autism. /s

  14. I don’t think the average American realises how big of a sign that is.
    (explanation, the modern republicans are too toxic for even the staunches far right European parties)

  17. Apparent? I am so SICK of the denial..anyone who isn’t a nazi-sympathizer knows *exactly* what that was.

  18. I let out an audible “Fuck that!” After seeing it for the first time.

    Nazism will come back from the dark corners of the world if we do nothing.

  20. Apparent? Apparent? If the media doesn’t start calling a spade a spade we are done for (they won’t do it). That was what you think it was. A nazi salute.

  21. JFC, can we stop with the “apparent” shit? I’m sick of all these news outlets dodging the responsibility of calling it exactly what it is.

  22. Oh, good. Bannon was starting to say too many things that made sense. I was waiting for him to do something abhorrent again.

  23. This whole episode feels strategic on Bannon’s part. He knows people already think he’s a nazi and white supremacist (and the truth of the matter not really mattering). Thing is, him being labeled a nazi doesn’t hurt him. But, painting both him and Musk as nazis, lets him drag Musk down with him.

    Bannon doesn’t have stature to lose, but Musk does, so this is the asymmetrical warfare he can wage against the world’s richest man with impunity. Dragging down CPAC is just icing on the cake, and this flavor of destructive chaos is Bannon’s bread and butter.

  24. Goddamn, when you’re too much of a Nazi for a disciple of Marine Le Pen… Holy crap.

  25. Stop saying “apparent”
    Call it out for what it is. Nazi stuff. Don’t give them wiggle room on this. Nazis should be destroyed 

  26. Nazi salute, followed by a weak non-Nazi salute, then another Nazi salute as he walked off stage.

    There’s no question that he had saluting on his mind, and wanted to make sure it’s clear.

  27. THANK YOU FRANCE👏Any action cancelling them, minimizing this rhetoric is a W.

  29. This is the American war cemetery in my country

    [https://youtu.be/TaDX87xTb3E?si=bBGt-epBeiP98Wzl](https://youtu.be/TaDX87xTb3E?si=bBGt-epBeiP98Wzl)

    It is filled with Americans who gave their lives fighting nazis.

    And now we have Americans doing whataboutism when one of their political influencers does a nazi salute?

  30. since some people are feeling shy, let me help you.

    THEY ARE NAZIS
    NAZIS NAZIS NAZIS NAZIS
    THEY ARE HATEFUL BIGOTS AND HAVE NO PLACE IN LEADERSHIP
    SAY IT WITH YOUR CHESTS

    we won’t get through this by pussyfooting around. call a spade a spade.

  31. Bannon who… why is this A hole even relevant again? You know the 1st prisoner to come out of incarceration 100 pounds heavier?

  32. How many “apparent Nazi salutes” do we need before we drop the “apparent”? 2? 4? 10? 10,000 marching down your street? What will it take before we give up on defensive language around the actions that people brazenly take in public?

  33. Did they literally just wait till all the ww2 vets died before jumping right back to nazi iconography?

  35. “apparent”

    It wasn’t as enthusiastic as Musk’s, but there was nothing “apparent” about it.

  37. At what point does it become reported as just a nazi salute instead of “apparent”?

  40. quit calling it fucking “apparent” or “something people construed as” jesus christ. The ADL needs to be ashamed of themselves for enabling this.

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