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Down goes Orban - breaking (Original Post) malaise Apr 12 OP
👏 demmiblue Apr 12 #1
Cautiously optimistic.... Jilly_in_VA Apr 12 #2
Look at people in the streets malaise Apr 12 #5
Orban concession speech on BBC now malaise Apr 12 #3
Yay! I did not see this before I posted Easterncedar Apr 12 #7
Trump's buddy..... SergeStorms Apr 12 #75
This gives me hope for our elections Easterncedar Apr 12 #4
80% voter turn is farewell Effer malaise Apr 12 #6
I think I will do a little dancing and gloating right now!!! Easterncedar Apr 12 #9
Yeah, I see this as making moonscape Apr 12 #56
Sure NJCher Apr 13 #106
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #8
What a failed trip malaise Apr 12 #14
On the contrary. They B.See Apr 12 #35
Which one? COL Mustard Apr 12 #51
Supermajority was a dream! I can't believe it! AloeVera Apr 12 #38
Do you have relatives still there..have you heard anything from them? Deuxcents Apr 12 #61
... Solly Mack Apr 12 #10
Orban is reported to have conceded LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #11
Utter humiliation for Slobby, Shady and malaise Apr 12 #20
Yes, it's especially sweet! liberalla Apr 12 #34
ETTD Danascot Apr 12 #48
Lost Syria, lost Hungary, losing the war in Ukraine True Dough Apr 12 #60
F**k the fascists! Doodley Apr 12 #12
He's done dweller Apr 12 #13
I guess sending jaydee to rally for Orban senseandsensibility Apr 12 #15
this is great news......... Takket Apr 12 #16
He promised them economic support malaise Apr 12 #18
And his "promises" mean NOTHING. calimary Apr 12 #78
The lesson here for all young people malaise Apr 12 #19
He can take his EU veto abuse with him. moondust Apr 12 #17
It must have been JD's magic touch. Vinca Apr 12 #21
or the economic promises from Slobby malaise Apr 12 #23
This! Blue_Roses Apr 12 #96
He had no reason to say a word malaise Apr 12 #98
Trump didn't seeit coming Blue_Roses Apr 12 #99
That is some bubble malaise Apr 12 #100
Yes it is Blue_Roses Apr 13 #104
He batted those eyelined lashes and the people said spooky3 Apr 12 #43
LOL malaise Apr 12 #70
Great news! I was worried GoCubsGo Apr 12 #22
WATCH: Here's Viktor Orbn conceding defeat! LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #24
Thanks malaise Apr 12 #27
Hats off to Orban Charmin One Apr 12 #25
Probably due in part to being in the EU? thought crime Apr 12 #92
Thank fuck. róisín_dubh Apr 12 #26
Now you CAN? Or "can't"? ColoringFool Apr 12 #42
My god I need my eyes checked róisín_dubh Apr 13 #102
Finally. dalton99a Apr 12 #28
Pity Team Donald when indictments start flying! Vogon_Glory Apr 12 #29
Time to celebrate! callous taoboy Apr 12 #30
Hungary chooses Europe (over Russia) LSparkle Apr 12 #31
Would LOVE to see the Turks get rid of Erdogan DinahMoeHum Apr 12 #57
Another good country that needs new management! LSparkle Apr 12 #62
My wife has been to Turkey. She wants to show me around DFW Apr 13 #105
!!!!!!!! Starbeach Apr 12 #32
Vance goes home with 2 losses tonight! mikewv Apr 12 #33
He's the gift that keeps on B.See Apr 12 #37
Go home to Russia DoBW Apr 12 #36
Looks like Cpl. Vance also turns things to shit! Crowman2009 Apr 12 #39
👍! VP💩 ! ColoringFool Apr 12 #41
Goodbye Piggy orangecrush Apr 12 #40
First post I read this morning canetoad Apr 12 #44
The landslide speaks volumes malaise Apr 12 #47
Somewhere a fat miserable fuck is sucking it Blue Owl Apr 12 #45
Woo Hoo! BeneteauBum Apr 12 #46
The ketchup's gonna hit the fan. Good job, James Donald. BHDem53 Apr 12 #49
Maygar speaking now malaise Apr 12 #50
How much did it cost the US to send JD to Hungary to Sneederbunk Apr 12 #52
So the Putin/Trump ticket is a LOSER again! nt Callie1979 Apr 12 #53
This needs to be played up as death to fascism oldmanlynn Apr 12 #54
We don't yhet know if Mfgyar is going to reverse Warpy Apr 12 #55
Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021 RetiredParatrooper Apr 12 #58
Fingers crossed. Martin68 Apr 12 #59
When the reins are formally and completely transferred lonely bird Apr 12 #63
Are you watching the 10s of thousands in the streets malaise Apr 12 #64
Watching? lonely bird Apr 13 #107
Awesome - I don't allow myself to hope very much any more . . . . hatrack Apr 12 #65
Woohoo!!! iluvtennis Apr 12 #66
Trump must be tired of winning!!!! Swede Apr 12 #67
Congrats to Hungarian citizens peggysue2 Apr 12 #68
I am rolling over here! OldBaldy1701E Apr 12 #69
I ĺove this post! Thank you! liberalla Apr 13 #108
yes! samsingh Apr 12 #71
A ray of hope. yellow dahlia Apr 12 #72
And voter turnout was huge! malaise Apr 12 #73
Yes! yellow dahlia Apr 12 #74
Next!!!!!!????!!!! NNadir Apr 12 #76
With over 95% of the votes in Magyar projected to win a supermajority of 137 seats. Ellipsis Apr 12 #77
Not Orban - Magyar malaise Apr 12 #80
Oops. fixed. Ellipsis Apr 12 #95
Zelenskyy won this one. That's who Orban was running against. His face was literally plastered over the whole country. Crunchy Frog Apr 12 #79
A concession? No claims of voting fraud? No insurrection mob? TomSlick Apr 12 #81
We need to win a super majority, too. thought crime Apr 12 #91
The republic surviving to 2028 will be no mean feat. TomSlick Apr 12 #93
Great news! Passages Apr 12 #82
Yay! Way to go Hungary! SheltieLover Apr 12 #83
Nice report malaise Apr 12 #85
Ty! SheltieLover Apr 12 #86
I love that he quoted JFK! 💖 No doubt a dig at pootin & tsf SheltieLover Apr 12 #87
Another one bites the dust! GreenWave Apr 12 #84
Not a peep from Slobby, Shady or malaise Apr 12 #88
It's encouraging news, but I won't rejoice just yet. Morbius Apr 12 #89
Wonderful news! mvd Apr 12 #90
Played Bowie's "Heroes ", as soon as I read this! MerryBlooms Apr 12 #94
Excited for Hungary! SamuelAdams Apr 12 #97
Good damn riddance! 😀 Dave Bowman Apr 12 #101
Wow, this is actually significant. malthaussen Apr 13 #103

Easterncedar

(6,648 posts)
7. Yay! I did not see this before I posted
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:25 PM
Apr 12

Shady V did Orban no good! Oh the CPAC crowd gonna be sad

SergeStorms

(21,045 posts)
75. Trump's buddy.....
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:42 PM
Apr 12

and the most admired world leader by right-wingnuts goes down! 🥳

The Big Orange Fascist Pig must be crestfallen, because he sees what's in store for him after this November

Easterncedar

(6,648 posts)
4. This gives me hope for our elections
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:23 PM
Apr 12

If Orban couldn't rig this vote maybe we can hold onto ours. But I won't gloat over this win until Orban is truly gone.

NJCher

(43,802 posts)
106. Sure
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 05:40 AM
Apr 13

He’ll be so determined that he will turn himself into Cheebus to win a third election!

B.See

(9,055 posts)
35. On the contrary. They
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:13 PM
Apr 12

Trump and JD Slick, SUCCEEDED,
beyond MY wildest dreams.

If ever there WAS an "undecided" before their meddling, they sure as hell killed that.

Have to wonder which of the two despots the people hated MORE.

COL Mustard

(8,483 posts)
51. Which one?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:46 PM
Apr 12

The trip to Hungary, or the trip to Pakistan?

Oh, wait...BOTH failed!!! So much for Shady Vance's political future.

AloeVera

(4,631 posts)
38. Supermajority was a dream! I can't believe it!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:19 PM
Apr 12

Really helps with fixing the country. Including the constitutional changes required to fix Orban's mess.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,882 posts)
11. Orban is reported to have conceded
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:28 PM
Apr 12

BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-04-12T19:21:14.044Z

Takket

(23,860 posts)
16. this is great news.........
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:36 PM
Apr 12

one of drumpf's #1 allies. someone he described as a great and powerful leader. no, the people are powerful.

Today we will celebrate... tomorrow, we must be vigilant, because the message drumpf just received was "if you let the people vote, you will lose", and he's going to redouble his efforts to take away our right to vote.

malaise

(299,545 posts)
18. He promised them economic support
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:40 PM
Apr 12
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-economic-support-viktor-orban-hungarian-election/

Trump promises economic support to Orbán ahead of crucial Hungary vote
Trump’s pledge to use the “full economic might” of the U.S. to help the Hungarian economy comes as Orban trails in the polls going into Sunday’s election.

————
Mouthamassie shoukd shut up.

calimary

(91,431 posts)
78. And his "promises" mean NOTHING.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:00 PM
Apr 12

I guess some folks just need to realize that, and accept it.

malaise

(299,545 posts)
98. He had no reason to say a word
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:35 PM
Apr 12

Word was available to the planet that Orban was about to lose - you’d think the intelligence peeps told him although he fired the professionals.
Shady Couch was bad enough but Slobby made it worse with the stupid promise. They look like idiots who didn’t see this coming.

Blue_Roses

(13,945 posts)
99. Trump didn't seeit coming
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:48 PM
Apr 12

because he lives in his own narcissistic bubble. The scarey thing about that is him going scorched earth when reality hits.

GoCubsGo

(35,076 posts)
22. Great news! I was worried
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:50 PM
Apr 12

that Orban would successfully rig the election in his favor. If he tried, he has failed.

Charmin One

(390 posts)
25. Hats off to Orban
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:56 PM
Apr 12

I know Trump set a very low bar on this, but at least Orban has the decency to admit defeat and concede.

róisín_dubh

(12,397 posts)
26. Thank fuck.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:56 PM
Apr 12

Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:55 AM - Edit history (1)

I’ve wanted to visit Hungary since I was about 8.
I’m now 48 and would sell a kidney to take a train there from London. And now I can because that fucker is gone.

róisín_dubh

(12,397 posts)
102. My god I need my eyes checked
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:55 AM
Apr 13

And between them and the latest iPhone update, I make 901 typos. 😬

Vogon_Glory

(10,422 posts)
29. Pity Team Donald when indictments start flying!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:04 PM
Apr 12

Hungary has far more amenities than Belarus and the Persian Gulf states are not only boiling hot but rather close to Iran.

LSparkle

(12,253 posts)
31. Hungary chooses Europe (over Russia)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:05 PM
Apr 12

Hoping Ukraine can likewise be freed at last from PooTin’s lurking ... Heck, when does Turkey vote next? Might it be time to say buh-bye to Erdogan? :

DFW

(60,769 posts)
105. My wife has been to Turkey. She wants to show me around
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 04:36 AM
Apr 13

“As soon as Erdoğan is gone.”

Maybe that will be sooner than we thought. Çok güzel!

canetoad

(21,208 posts)
44. First post I read this morning
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:30 PM
Apr 12

Still haven't searched for the results, but this will do fine thanks. Another bastard fascist bites the dust.

On edit: not only a win but a LANDSLIDE.

malaise

(299,545 posts)
47. The landslide speaks volumes
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:42 PM
Apr 12

They are singing a love song in their thousands as I type

oldmanlynn

(879 posts)
54. This needs to be played up as death to fascism
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:50 PM
Apr 12

And to also tie in Maga as being on a short leaf here in America

Warpy

(114,758 posts)
55. We don't yhet know if Mfgyar is going to reverse
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:50 PM
Apr 12

the pro Russia policies, he might find himself between a rock and a hard place since Hungary is still dependent on Russian energy.

It seems pretty clear from Orban's bowing out without a fight that a dirty deal was done, at least allowing Orban to take his stolen loot with him wherever he ends up.

Nice to know that MAGA endorsements are working as well overrseas as they are here. Wat to go, JD!

RetiredParatrooper

(263 posts)
58. Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:57 PM
Apr 12

Frederick Douglass:

"Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reforms. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . .

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty waters.

The struggle may be a moral one or it may be a physical one, or it may both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

In the light of these ideas, Negroes will be hunted in the North, and held and flogged at in the South so long as they submit to those devilish outrages, and make no resistance, either moral or physical.

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get. If we ever get free from the oppression and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives and the lives of others."

lonely bird

(3,115 posts)
63. When the reins are formally and completely transferred
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:05 PM
Apr 12

Then, and only then, will I celebrate.

Conservatives deserve no benefit of the doubt or breaks or anything else.

malaise

(299,545 posts)
64. Are you watching the 10s of thousands in the streets
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:07 PM
Apr 12

Let them try


Has Slobby weighed in yet? Or Shady?😀

lonely bird

(3,115 posts)
107. Watching?
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:13 AM
Apr 13

No. I know that they are and it is wonderful that they are doing so.

My position still stands. When the transfer is complete then I will celebrate.

I will also remain watchful. Guys like Orban don’t just walk away and the organizations created for and by him and by those who fund him don’t go away either.

hatrack

(65,356 posts)
65. Awesome - I don't allow myself to hope very much any more . . . .
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:09 PM
Apr 12

So you have no idea just how refreshing this is - slainte!

Also, fuck JD Vance and his bestie/traveling companion, the new Executive Branch pimp.

peggysue2

(12,643 posts)
68. Congrats to Hungarian citizens
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:22 PM
Apr 12

The shackles have been broken, finally.

Now the real work begins to repair the Hungarian government, expel the Orban sycophants threaded throughout all institutions and return to a truly democratic form of governance. Sixteen years of rotten leadership has no doubt left a lot of damage. Not unlike what Trump and his Flying Monkey Brigade have attempted to put on speed dial in the US.

But the first step in Hungary has been accomplished. Kudos!

OldBaldy1701E

(11,790 posts)
69. I am rolling over here!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:23 PM
Apr 12

I am reading that Hillbilly Wannabe's visit cost him between 3 and 5 percent of the vote.





What a Maroon!

yellow dahlia

(6,878 posts)
72. A ray of hope.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:30 PM
Apr 12

They had a mandate, and it made it too difficult for Orban to cheat or steal.

And voter turnout was huge!

yellow dahlia

(6,878 posts)
74. Yes!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:37 PM
Apr 12

Now we just need to do everything we can to make sure they don't rig, cheat, or steal.

Ellipsis

(9,491 posts)
77. With over 95% of the votes in Magyar projected to win a supermajority of 137 seats.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:55 PM
Apr 12

Last edited Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Crunchy Frog

(28,299 posts)
79. Zelenskyy won this one. That's who Orban was running against. His face was literally plastered over the whole country.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:07 PM
Apr 12
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TomSlick

(13,124 posts)
81. A concession? No claims of voting fraud? No insurrection mob?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:17 PM
Apr 12

Is Hungary a better democracy than the US?

thought crime

(1,832 posts)
91. We need to win a super majority, too.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:46 PM
Apr 12

This kind of vote result is pretty hard to argue with. At the rate Trump is going, we might be able to get a similar result in 2028 (if there's anything left by that time).

SheltieLover

(82,619 posts)
87. I love that he quoted JFK! 💖 No doubt a dig at pootin & tsf
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:27 PM
Apr 12

“Tonight, truth prevailed over lies. Today, we won because Hungarians didn’t ask what their homeland could do for them — they asked what they could do for their homeland"



Ty for sharing!!!

malaise

(299,545 posts)
88. Not a peep from Slobby, Shady or
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:31 PM
Apr 12

other MAGAts..
I guess Fucker won’t be broadcSt8ng from Budapest anytime soon😀

Morbius

(1,213 posts)
89. It's encouraging news, but I won't rejoice just yet.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:33 PM
Apr 12

I do not trust fascists to simply let go of power. It is not in their nature.

mvd

(65,982 posts)
90. Wonderful news!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:37 PM
Apr 12

They’re lucky - we could be stuck with our dictator wanna-be for almost 3 more years.

malthaussen

(18,644 posts)
103. Wow, this is actually significant.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 02:06 AM
Apr 13

A tyrant who can rig elections at will and embodies the rabid RW that has been infecting the (sort-of) Social Democratic States still couldn't manage to fix his own election? I'm impressed.

-- Mal

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