RockyRoadTravel Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago It appears the coalescence of the left, center and right-wing around the right-wing candidate without a history of corruption (Peter Magyar) has won a massive (more than 2/3rds) victory in Hungary, and the extremist wight-wing candidate (Orban) has lost. I was a bit surprised that Orban quickly stepped up to acknowledge defeat. Hopefully that attitude holds. I fully expect our Incompetent-in-Chief to question the election results. With a 2/3rds majority Magyar's government can clean up the gerrymandering done by Orban, and also reform the equivalent of their supreme court which has been stacked with Orban loyalists. Quote
RockyRoadTravel Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago Viktor Orbán passed a law labeling gay people as pedophiles. He banned Budapest Pride. Orban made it a criminal offense to attend with €500 fines and organizers facing prison time. And when people showed up anyway, he let police use facial recognition to hunt them down at the parade. Last week J.D. Vance flew to Hungary to campaign for him. J.D. Vance stood next to Orban on camera and called him "a role model for the continent." Then he looked right into the cameras and said: "I'm here to help." Quote
vinapu Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 12 minutes ago, RockyRoadTravel said: Last week J.D. Vance flew to Hungary to campaign for him. J.D. Vance stood next to Orban on camera and called him "a role model for the continent." Then he looked right into the cameras and said: "I'm here to help." and then USA has audacity to complain about other countries trying to influence elections somewhere , if not outright in the USA itself Quote
vinapu Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, RockyRoadTravel said: With a 2/3rds majority Magyar's government can clean up the gerrymandering done by Orban, and also reform the equivalent of their supreme court which has been stacked with Orban loyalists. good news is that all this gerrymandering did not produce intended results. That is what happens when people are really pissed off it seems Quote
Members Suckrates Posted 55 minutes ago Members Posted 55 minutes ago Orban being "swept away" by an angry population that was fed-up is foreshadowing of what America can do...... All it takes is a VOTE... So if Americans are serious about wanting a CHANGE, they need to first get out and vote in the Mids, no matter what obstacles Trump puts in their way, and then in 2028, vote like hell against Trump (unless he is DEAD by then). 🤞 Orbans defeat is also a sign of Trumps diminishing worldwide influence.... Even a Trump cheerleader in eyeliner couldnt convince the Hungarians to remain under the influence of a DICTATOR. Now, lets see Orban in JAIL ! Quote