In the days following a brutal street beating by Antifa members outside a left-wing event, the incident has taken a tragic turn.
On February 12, a 23-year-old man, identified as Quentin, was involved in a violent clash outside an event connected to the French left-wing party La France Insoumise's MEP Rima Hassan at Sciences Po Lyon, the European Conservative reported.
'To the unfathomable pain of losing a child must not follow the unbearable impunity of the barbarians responsible for this lynching.'
The incident occurred between anti-fascist groups and the right-wing feminist group Némésis, according to the collective's director, Alice Cordier.
The clash began when members of the Némésis group unfurled a banner criticizing "Islamo-fascists," after which they were physically confronted by antifascist members.
One 19-year-old woman was reportedly strangled and dragged prior to Quentin's serious beating.
Quentin, who was serving as an informal security detail for Némésis, attempted to protect the female members of the group during the incident. However, he was subsequently ambushed and beaten unconscious as he and a friend were leaving the scene of the incident.
He was later taken to the local hospital in Lyons.
Quentin remained in a coma with a critical brain hemorrhage until Saturday in a condition his family described as "between life and death."
The European Conservative reported on Saturday that Quentin succumbed to his injuries.
French president Emmanuel Macron declared Quentin "the victim of an unprecedented outburst of violence," adding that he was sending his "thoughts," to his family and loved ones.
"In the Republic, no cause, no ideology will ever justify killing. On the contrary, the very purpose of our institutions is to civilize debates and protect the free expression of arguments. Pursuing, bringing to justice and convicting the perpetrators of this infamy is essential. The hatred that kills has no place among us. I call for calm, restraint and respect," Macron added.
French conservative leader Marine Le Pen also issued a statement upon news of Quentin's death: "After clinging to life, Quentin breathed his last. To his family and loved ones shattered by this terrible ordeal, I send my heartfelt thoughts and my deepest compassion. To the unfathomable pain of losing a child must not follow the unbearable impunity of the barbarians responsible for this lynching. It will be for justice to judge and condemn with the utmost severity this criminal act of unprecedented violence."
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Yesterday, a Paris court convicted 10 citizens of “cyberbullying” French first lady Brigitte Macron over rumors regarding her gender.
After French President Emmanuel Macron’s election in 2017, rumors started swirling among fringe circles that his wife, Brigitte, was actually a biological male. But it wasn’t until 2021, right before Macron’s re-election, that it exploded on an international scale after Natacha Rey, an independent journalist, claimed she had copious evidence proving the first lady was a biological male secretly living as transgender.
Since its initial explosion in 2021, the rumor has only continued to gain massive traction internationally, fueling podcasts, docuseries, and social media content.
The Macrons have been quick to strike back. In July 2025, they filed a high-profile defamation lawsuit in the U.S. against conservative podcaster Candace Owens for her viral series “Becoming Brigitte,” which promoted the claim that Brigitte was born a male. The case is ongoing.
However, the Macrons’ lawsuit in France concluded yesterday with convictions and sentences for 10 defendants.
All 10 were accused of posting or reposting malicious, degrading comments online falsely claiming Brigitte Macron is transgender. While most defended their actions as satire or free speech, the court ruled they acted with intent to harm.
When BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere heard the story, his first reaction was that he’s glad he lives in America.
“At times, we get upset with America, OK? You know, lines are long. ... Maybe you get the wrong order. Maybe they don't put the extra cheese sauce at Taco Bell that you ordered. ... But we do have a First Amendment at least that would protect us against that sort of nonsense, where the first lady of a country can sue you because you called her names,” he laughs.
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According to recent reports, Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, intends to present photographic and scientific evidence in a U.S. defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Candace Owens to debunk claims she was born male.
Earlier this year, Owens released an eight-part podcast series called "Becoming Brigitte," in which she made the claim that Brigitte Macron was born a male named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
But while everyone is anticipating what evidence Macron will provide, Glenn Beck can’t help but notice the glaring irony of the entire situation: Woman, according to the left, is an indefinable term.
“We've been told nothing proves that you are a woman. Nothing. It's a choice,” he laughs.
Glenn wonders if Owens’ deep dive into Macron’s biological sex might actually be aimed at proving this very point because as soon as Macron provides evidence that she is a woman, the left’s entire gender ideology unravels.
Stu Burguiere, Glenn’s co-host, has another theory: Maybe the Macrons’ decision to engage head on with the rumors swirling around Brigitte is an attempt to distract from the mysterious and highly disturbing origins of their relationship.
Brigitte was Emmanuel’s drama teacher in high school. When they met, he was 15 years old, and she was 40 and married with three children. When their relationship turned romantic while Emmanuel was still in high school, his parents moved him to a different school, but the separation did nothing to halt the relationship. The two married after Brigitte’s divorce in 2007.
Ultimately, Glenn differs from Owens, believing Brigitte is indeed a woman, albeit "an ugly" one.
To hear more of Glenn and Stu’s conversation, watch the clip below.
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