I've been watching the usual suspects screaming "Mussolini returns!"

because the 'wrong' candidate won election in Italy, and Meloni is very wrong from the leftist view; said suspects including most of our Professional Journalists and President Gropey.  How dare someone who cares more about Italy and traditional values beat the EU-approved drone!  Etc.

Here's what an actual opponent of her in Italy had to say:
"Personally I was against Giorgia Meloni, I’m not her best friend, we are rivals but she is not a danger to democracy, the idea there is a risk of fascism in Italy is absolutely fake news"

It's another case of "If Biden doesn't like her, she must be pretty good" being a general rule.