North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum said during an interview over the weekend that former President Donald Trump’s victory over President Joe Biden in 2024’s first presidential debate was “like a Rocky knockout.”

Burgum made the remarks during a Sunday NBC News interview with Kristen Welker on “Meet The Press” while talking about the fallout from the debate.

“This is the most consequential, historic debate in history, because we’ve never had a debate where, immediately after it’s over — this is like a Rocky knockout,” he said. “I mean, they should build a statue of Donald Trump at Georgia Tech, because everyone’s talking about, ‘Should Joe Biden even stay in the race?’ That’s never happened in our history. It was such a dominant performance by President Trump in this debate.”

Burgum said that “the biggest lie that has been foisted on the American public” is the media covering for Biden.

“People can’t unsee what they saw,” he said. “What they saw was, we’ve been told by the White House — two weeks ago, the White House was attacking journalists, including your friends, saying that, ‘No, you can’t say these stories about that, Joe Biden isn’t capable of serving right now.’ And then, all of America saw it. And you know who else saw it? Our adversaries saw it. Putin saw it. Xi saw it. The Ayatollah saw it.”

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This was the most consequential debate in history. It was like a Rocky knockout. They should build a statue to Donald Trump at Georgia Tech. Everyone’s talking about whether Joe Biden should even stay in the race! That’s never happened in our history. It was such a dominant… pic.twitter.com/lYrYrDVSSd

— Doug Burgum (@DougBurgum) June 30, 2024

Protests rocked Paris and several other cities across France after French President Emmanuel Macron’s party suffered massive losses in Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections. Marine Le Pen’s right-wing populist party, the National Rally Alliance, was the big winner.

National Rally, according to Politico, came out of the first round with 34% of the vote — up from 18.7% in 2022 — which means that it is possible for them to win an outright majority next week.

Macron’s Ensemble Coalition, largely viewed as centrist, finished third in the vote count with 20% (down from 25.8% in 2022). The far left party came away with 28.1%, which Politico reported as a “strong showing” but not likely strong enough to follow it up with a majority win next week.

In the wake of the elections, left-wing protesters — reportedly an amalgam of French socialists, communists, and pro-Palestinians — descended upon Paris’ Place de la République by the thousands. Other demonstrations were reported in Strasbourg, Lyon, Nantes and Lille.

“Mass Demonstrations and Riots by Far-Left Groups alongside Islamists are ongoing tonight in the French Capital of Paris as well as several other Cities around the Country, in Response to today’s Election Results which saw the Right-Wing Populist Party, National Rally led by Marine Le Pen make Major Gains in the French Parliament,” OSINTdefender posted via X, sharing several videos of the protests. “Notice how out all of the Flags being waved by these Demonstrators, none are the French Flag.”

Mass Demonstrations and Riots by Far-Left Groups alongside Islamists are ongoing tonight in the French Capital of Paris as well as several other Cities around the Country, in Response to today’s Election Results which saw the Right-Wing Populist Party, National Rally led by… pic.twitter.com/UTPvzCZi8R

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 30, 2024

Des tensions éclatent à Paris.

Des manifestants tirent des feux d’artifice en direction de la police. Plusieurs départs de feu.#ElectionsLegislatives2024 #legislatives2024 pic.twitter.com/3AwpjVxRQS

— Luc Auffret (@LucAuffret) June 30, 2024

Les manifestants partent en manifestation spontanée dans les rues de Paris.#ElectionsLegislatives2024 #legislatives2024 pic.twitter.com/sJ3Xr6UuKG

— Luc Auffret (@LucAuffret) June 30, 2024

“Tonight, mass demonstrations and riots are occurring in Paris and other cities across France. Far-left groups and Islamists are protesting the recent election results, where Marine Le Pen’s right-wing populist party, National Rally, made significant gains in the French Parliament. Despite the intensity of the protests, it’s noteworthy that none of the demonstrators are seen waving the French flag,” another posted.

❗️🔥🇫🇷 – Tonight, mass demonstrations and riots are occurring in Paris and other cities across France.

Far-left groups and Islamists are protesting the recent election results, where Marine Le Pen’s right-wing populist party, National Rally, made significant gains in the French… pic.twitter.com/T8pgsYSLw3

— 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformant_x) June 30, 2024

“Here’s footage from Paris tonight,” Open Source Intel posted. “Thousands of left-wing activists, along with ANTIFA, communists are protesting the French election results after left-wing parties suffered crushing defeats.”

Here’s footage from Paris tonight.

Thousands of left-wing activists, along with ANTIFA, communists are protesting the French election results after left-wing parties suffered crushing defeats.

Footage via @LucAuffret https://t.co/QSGBkXxWvO pic.twitter.com/IZrF8gmocJ

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 30, 2024