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   obama trying to rig another foreign election.   
      
   Former President Barack Obama weighed in Thursday in a big way on the upcoming   
   French presidential election, endorsing Emmanuel Macron over right-wing   
   candidate Marine Le Pen in a video statement.   
      
   The ex-U.S. president already had spoken by phone with the center-left Macron   
   late last month, in an early indication of his support. But Obama openly   
   endorsed ahead of Sunday’s closely watched runoff.   
      
   “I’m not planning to get involved in many elections now that I don’t   
   have to run for office again, but the French election is very important to the   
   future of France and the values that we care so much about,” Obama said, in   
   a web video tweeted    
   Thursday by Macron.     
      
      
   “Merci @BarackObama,” Macron wrote.   
       
   Obama, in the video, said Macron has “stood up for liberal values” and   
   praised his vision for the role France plays in Europe and around the world.   
      
   Le Pen has been a fierce critic of the European Union, and wants to curb   
   immigration. In a debate Wednesday, she reportedly blasted Macron as beholden   
   to big business and called herself “the candidate of the people.” She also   
   cast her rival as soft    
   on Islamic extremism.   
      
   Obama said Macron “appeals to people’s hopes and not their fears … I am   
   supporting Emmanuel Macron to lead you forward.”    
      
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