Conservative commentators with large followings on X are warning that the unrest reported in French cities this week is being amplified by the same American protest networks they say have organized demonstrations across the United States, and they argue the turmoil could be replicated here if Democrats win future elections.
The reaction took shape over the weekend as footage described as the aftermath of riots in France circulated online. Mario Nawfal, who has 3.9 million followers on X, posted an image he described as showing the aftermath of the riots, writing: “This is the aftermath of the riots in France.”
The post followed coverage from The New York Times, which reported that riots broke out in several French cities alongside peaceful marches of tens of thousands of people demonstrating against rising living costs and poor school conditions. The demonstrations were described as a student movement that had turned national.
Wall Street Apes, an account with 1.4 million followers, picked up the thread and linked the French protests to American organizing networks. In a post on X, the account asserted that “the same Democrat NGO network that funds mass protests in America is supporting the protests in France,” calling it “PROOF” that what is happening overseas is coming to the United States next if Democrats regain power. The post named the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a left-wing organization, as a connecting thread.
Earlier, Wall Street Apes had framed the stakes in stark electoral terms, posting that “if Democrats win the next Presidential Election America will become France,” and claiming Democrats “have united with Islamists and they will work together to burn down our cities, riot and loot.” The account added: “We are literally one election away from THIS. Vote Red during midterms or this is our future.”
The centerpiece of the account’s argument was a video it circulated featuring a narrator who described a statement of solidarity with French students. According to a transcript of the video, the narrator says: “To the revolutionary students of France, we in the United States stand with you in your struggle against capitalist austerity. You have taken to the streets by the thousands to demand money for education, housing and food. You have fearlessly resisted police repression and the French government’s attempt to divide your movement.”
The narrator goes on to say: “We stand with you because we too demand money for housing and education instead of war and occupation. We too fight to defend our immigrant communities from racist police and we too know what it’s like to skip meals in order to pay for textbooks.” The statement invokes French history, saying “from the French Revolution to the Paris Commune, May 68 to today,” and concludes with a commitment: “we not only commend you, but we commit to joining you in the struggle for a socialist future.”
In the video, the narrator says he recognized the pattern immediately, stating: “I already knew it as soon as I saw the mass protests taking place in France, I already knew that the same protest networks here in America we’re going to be in support of it and most likely involved. So I looked it up, party for socialism and liberation. That is one of the organizations who’s involved in essentially every mass protests in America. And wouldn’t you know it? They are supporting the revolutionary students of France.”
The narrator further alleges that the Party for Socialism and Liberation is funded by a billionaire living in Shanghai, China, who he says is “widely accredited for funding the mass protests in America” and has been “called out in front of Congress.” The video also claims that the same network has been involved in demonstrations including “the New York ice protest, Phoenix ice, anti-Trump protests in Atlanta,” as well as “hands off Venezuela in Los Angeles, hands off Iran, free Nicholas Maduro.”
The account summarized its conclusion in the post: “This only tells you one thing that when Democrats regain power, the protests in France are coming here to America.” The claims about funding and organizational links were presented as the account’s own assertions and were not independently sourced in the posts.
The sequence illustrates how a single overseas event can be absorbed into an American partisan narrative within hours. Nawfal’s post presented the visual record of unrest; Wall Street Apes supplied the interpretive frame, tying the French demonstrations to domestic political organizing and to the Democratic Party’s electoral prospects. The video provided the apparent evidentiary backbone, citing a named organization and a foreign funding source.
The framing places the French protests within a broader argument about the nature of American political coalitions and the consequences of electoral outcomes, an argument that has become familiar in conservative media circles. By naming the Party for Socialism and Liberation and describing its involvement in American demonstrations, the posts seek to establish continuity between the French unrest and American political life.
The New York Times report described the French demonstrations as marches against rising living costs and poor school conditions, with riots occurring in several cities alongside the peaceful marches. The conservative commentary does not dispute the existence of the protests but characterizes their origins and implications in distinctly political terms.
Next News Network could not independently verify the claims that the same network funding American protests is supporting the demonstrations in France, or the allegations regarding foreign funding of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Our Take
The conservative commentary surrounding the French unrest is doing what American political media does best: translating a foreign event into a domestic warning. The claim that the same networks are behind protests in both countries deserves scrutiny, but the larger point stands. When American activists openly pledge solidarity with foreign radicals and commit to “joining you in the struggle for a socialist future,” voters are entitled to ask who is funding that solidarity and what it means for the country. The Wall Street Apes account has put a spotlight on organizations that appear at protest after protest, and the question of foreign money flowing into American political organizing is not a conspiracy theory. It is a legitimate matter for congressional oversight. If Democrats regain power, the networks that organized unrest abroad and at home will not disappear. They will be emboldened. Conservatives are right to sound the alarm now, while voters still have a chance to respond.
