George Simion of AUR party opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified EU leaders and will face a centrist in run-off vote
An ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified the EU’s leaders, and calls himself Donald Trump’s “natural ally” has won the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential vote and will face a centrist in the run-off, early estimates predict.
Initial projections after polling stations closed on Sunday showed George Simion, whose far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) began as an anti-vax movement during the pandemic, comfortably in the lead on between 30% and 33% of the vote.
Why is every fucking election between a Nazi and a centrist? Can we get one fucking world election where there isn’t a 50% chance of a Nazi winning
Someone needs to get Trump talking on camera about making Romania the 52nd state.
He’ll probably sit on 40% of the votes by the end of the count. It’s pretty fuckin grim.
