Le Pen’s Father Says She ‘Lacked Stature’ in TV Debate
- Jean-Marie Le Pen says outcome amounted to a tied match
- Online references link Macron to ‘Dumbledore,’ ‘Harry Potter’
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Marine Le Pen’s father said she lacked stature in her television debate with rival presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, describing the outcome of the confrontation as a tie.
“I found the first half hour pretty boring and probably incomprehensible for the big majority of viewers,” Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, told RTL radio on Thursday. “That’s perhaps good for Emmanuel Macron, but it wasn’t good for Marine Le Pen who lacked stature.”