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Meloni condemns ‘gangs of thugs’ after protests turned violent across Italy
Fox News ^ | October 18, 2026 11:34am EDT | Tyler Speicher

Posted on 10/18/2026 10:26:32 AM PDT by tje

Italy, like France, witnessed a day of protests on Saturday — several turning violent — as some Italian politicians blamed the extreme left for the lawlessness. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took to social media to condemn the unrest and back law enforcement.

Meloni wrote on X: "Once again, the women and men of the Law Enforcement Forces have had to face the violence of criminals who, even through organized groups, exploit demonstrations to seek confrontation and sow chaos," she posted.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asylum; immigrants; immigration; itay; migration; refugees; thugs

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Deja Vu all over again
1 posted on 10/18/2026 10:26:32 AM PDT by tje
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To: tje

Words, again.


2 posted on 10/18/2026 10:29:32 AM PDT by Kudsman (Beware Slotkin the Childless. )
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Quit yer whining Meloni, and call out the army.


3 posted on 10/18/2026 10:33:30 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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big deal.

Order out the military.

end the farce.


4 posted on 10/18/2026 10:34:27 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

At some point someone in our government might give voice to doubts about NATO? If the Euros cannot defend their nations from the 5th columns within, how the hell do they intend to stand against Turkey?


5 posted on 10/18/2026 10:42:13 AM PDT by Kudsman (Beware Slotkin the Childless. )
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To: tje

In France they’re student groups.


6 posted on 10/18/2026 10:42:13 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Chickensoup

The kind of guy that could solve this is usually ridiculed and discarded by the electorate.


7 posted on 10/18/2026 10:42:51 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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Shoot them. The ones they miss, fix them so they can’t breed.


8 posted on 10/18/2026 10:43:05 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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I keep saying that if you start shooting those thugs you’d have a lot less of that behavior.


9 posted on 10/18/2026 10:43:22 AM PDT by Timmy
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Yeah “student groups” right.


10 posted on 10/18/2026 10:43:23 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: tje

The solution is obvious.

But the “leaders” just won’t lead. Too afraid to do what must be done.


11 posted on 10/18/2026 10:44:47 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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You should see all the women on social media sympathizing with the rioters. I reminds me of the BLM riots.


12 posted on 10/18/2026 10:46:06 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Chickensoup

Right now.


13 posted on 10/18/2026 10:48:02 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Leaning Right

The sooner the better.


14 posted on 10/18/2026 10:48:19 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: virgil

Excellent idea.


15 posted on 10/18/2026 10:48:39 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: tje

Leftist peaceful dialog, tolerance, inclusion, and diversity.

The worst thing is, when you scratch the surface, you realize that some of the agitators and organizers are tied to political leftist parties.

Do you really think it is mere coincidence that BLM in the US mysteriously appeared one year before the elections in 2019 and then just vaporized shortly after them?

2027: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Italian_general_election


16 posted on 10/18/2026 10:56:46 AM PDT by Red6
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You’ve got to give the order to shoot the first one who throws a firebomb or sets a car on fire.


17 posted on 10/18/2026 10:57:54 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. Remember Iryna Zarutska and Justine Damond.)
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Either way....if the GOP keeps the House/Senate or looses the House, I’m feeling they are lining up the USA for France like protests.
Be on alert!


18 posted on 10/18/2026 11:02:17 AM PDT by Zathras
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Import Third World
Become Third World


19 posted on 10/18/2026 11:08:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Welcome to the UCE. United Caliphate of Europistan! A friend of ours is currently in France. Said it is way worse than being reported and vows to never go back.


20 posted on 10/18/2026 11:15:32 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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