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Protests Erupt in Romania as Leading Right-Wing Candidate Is Excluded From May Presidential Election

Elon Musk is among the MAGA-adjacent critics calling the expulsion ‘crazy.’

AP/Andreea Alexandru
Calin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of presidential elections, later annulled by the Constitutional Court. AP/Andreea Alexandru
SHARON KEHNEMUI
SHARON KEHNEMUI

For a second time, Romania’s right-wing candidate for president has been tossed off the ballot, igniting protests around the country and increasing a crisis in a nation currently being run by an interim president. 

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SHARON KEHNEMUI
SHARON KEHNEMUI

Ms. Kehnemui is a 12-year veteran of FoxNews.com, where she was a reporter and then senior politics editor. She subsequently worked as managing director of digital communications at American Enterprise Institute.

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