Jean-Marie Le Pen

Jean-Marie Le Pew Le Penis (1928–) is a holocaust denier, co-founder and former leader of the French far-right party Front National (renamed in 2018 as National Rally) — he was the president since its creation in 1972 until his retirement in 2011, when he was succeeded by his also racist daughter Marine Le Pen. He is a zealous Roman Catholic and, among his socially conservative views, one of his primary goals was to "clean up" France of "lazy immigrants", and to put Catholic policy back into French politics.

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He is notable for having managed to advance to the second round of the 2002 presidential election, partly due to left-wing division, earning a "democracy defense" victory for his mainstream conservative rival. Also noteworthy: in August of 2015, he was kicked out of the party he founded. Of course, he is also admired by American counterparts Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan notwithstanding his anti-Americanism.

Racism and Holocaust denial
See the main articles on this topic: Racism and Holocaust denial

Because of his anti-immigration policies and him being found guilty on a charge of Holocaust denial[1], many people label him as a Nazi. He defended his immigration policies saying that he wants to get rid of only the "lazy" immigrants.

He said that the gas chambers were "a minor point" in the history of the Second World War, proclaiming his belief in the "inequality between the races".

Jean-Marie Le Pen hopes the Ebola virus can sort out global overpopulation.[2]

Torture in Algeria
See the main article on this topic: Algeria

Le Pen was accused of torture by French mainstream newspaper Le Monde, which Le Pen has repeatedly denied[3] even though he was quoted by the newspaper Combat in 1962 as saying:

We tortured in Algeria because it had to be done.[3]

Le Pen lost a defamation lawsuit against Le Monde regarding their accusation of torture against him.[4] Committing torture during war is considered a war crime.

Other craziness

Le Pen has called for the forced quarantine of people with AIDS.[5] And he thinks the Nazi occupation of France "wasn't really so bad".[6]

Lovely guy; his antics eventually became too extreme even for his (slightly less bigoted) daughter Marine, leading her to expel him from the party in 2015.[7]

gollark: Lack of response interpreted as communism.
gollark: When have I ever acted untrustworthily?
gollark: You should tell me it. I'm very trustworthy.
gollark: I definitely haven't been spying on your writing notes.
gollark: Oh, good.

See also
  • National Rally — The far-right party he co-founded as Front National and led for 30 years
  • Marine Le Pen — His daughter, successor leader of the National Rally. Usually still wrong, but less so than her father
  • Other stupid quotes

References
  1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578053/Le-Pen-found-guilty-of-Holocaust-denial.html
  2. Jean-Marie Le Pen suggests Ebola as solution to global population explosion
  3. Torture en Algérie : Jean-Marie Le Pen dément une nouvelle fois by Lucie Soullier (21.02.2018 à 09h22 • Mis à jour le 21.02.2018 à 10h31) Le Monde.
  4. Le Pen loses torture claim case by Philip Delves Broughton (12:01AM BST 27 Jun 2003) The Telegraph.
  5. In French
  6. Nazi occupation not inhumane — Le Pen
  7. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34009901
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