CNN’s Baer: What ‘Really Worries Me’ About Nice Is It’ll ‘Boost’ Far Right, ‘It’s Going To Boost Brexit’

During CNN’s coverage of the attacks in Nice, France CNN Intelligence and Security Analyst Robert Baer stated, “what really worries me is this is going to turn European politics very far to the front, La Pen, the rightist, you know, the candidate for the presidency, the far right, this is going to boost them. It’s going to boost Brexit.”

said France has “a large population that’s sympathetic to the Islamic State, a lot of converts from Christianity have joined the Islamic State. It’s a problem they can’t get a hold of, and what really worries me is this is going to turn European politics very far to the front, La Pen, the rightist, you know, the candidate for the presidency, the far right, this is going to boost them. It’s going to boost Brexit. It’s going to boost the Germans and the rest of it, because it can happen anywhere in Europe.” but again, i go back to these weapons. are they coming across boats from libya? are they coming from turkey? we simply don’t know and what i’m saying is the islamic state, this is the islamic state attack, we’re going to find out soon enough, but that they can keep on going and they have this bottomless, you know, well of adherence, and that’s what scares the europeans.”

(h/t The Right Scoop)

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