The world closely watched the French presidential election results on Sunday, as the centrist, Obama-backed, Russian-hacked Emmanuel Macron went tête-à-tête against far-right, fear-mongering Marine Le Pen.
Macron, who has been called the “Justin Trudeau” of France, won handily, with around 65 percent of the vote, and Twitter had two words on its brain:
Thank. GOD.
Or, as John Oliver might say, Thanks, France, for not fucking up, too.
Twitter be like... #macron pic.twitter.com/KtbNC19MWg
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) May 7, 2017
That moment you realize the vast majority of French voters have more sense than 46.1% of 2016 US voters#frenchelection #Macron pic.twitter.com/UyRkHfoBx9
— Maria Perez (@CinnammmMaria) May 7, 2017
If #Macron really has won by this much it is a clear rejection of hate! Bye bye #LePen. Thanks for coming #Presidentielle2017 pic.twitter.com/RrebkHhi8R
— Sam Willey🏳️🌈 (@SamWiseSW) May 7, 2017
OH. There is still common sense left in this barmy world. Good job France. 👏#Macron #FrenchElection pic.twitter.com/Hb27KNAwnO
— Darryl Griffiths (@LegallyBOD) May 7, 2017
Hey, @realDonaldTrump:
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 7, 2017
Obama's endorsement beat yours by 30 pts.
Ouch. Feels like your inaug all over again.#macron#frenchelection2017 pic.twitter.com/0BsoiV4Y1g
French Election Result Reactions: #macron pic.twitter.com/dBkomksbxI
— Purify💬 (@Purify_toast17) May 7, 2017
actual cheers going up in Brussels, as though someone just won a crucial football match #macron
— Michael Birnbaum (@michaelbirnbaum) May 7, 2017
Pretentious girl from 'Home Alone' finally vindicated #frenchelection pic.twitter.com/18GT262Vbv
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) May 7, 2017
Don't believe the grossly manipulated polls.
— reFocusZone (@reFocusZone) May 7, 2017
Huge Le Pen rally! https://t.co/AEnBrCc89L #frenchelection #france #ukip #maga #tcot #news
Way to go, France! #Macron wins in a landslide. (an actual landslide, not the Donald Trump version)pic.twitter.com/fe11Ps7ZSj
— Jody DelBrocco (@JodyDelBrocco) May 7, 2017
First Austria, then the Netherlands & now #Macron in France. Moderates, liberals & social democrats turning the tide against the hard right.
— Tom Arthur MSP (@ThomasCArthur) May 7, 2017
Standing by for Trump and Tillerson's reaction to Macron's victory. pic.twitter.com/sbAFK9TFLn
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) May 7, 2017
Emmanuel Macron's landslide victory in the #FrenchElection is an early referendum on Trumpism. 2018 is not looking good for the Republicans.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) May 7, 2017
