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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hungary's New Leader Reveals Viktor Orban Was Paying CPAC [View all]
Source: The New Republic
Peter Magyar called the payments a "crime" and said his government would stop the funds.
Turns out the Hungarian government has been bankrolling the Conservative Political Action Conference for years.
Peter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Sunday in a landslide, told reporters Monday that the outbound leader had diverted Hungarian taxpayer funds toward financing the American Republican conference.
Magyar noted that his government will be investigating Orban's expenditures, and will no longer finance CPAC or other right-wing institutions abroad.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/209035/hungary-prime-minister-victor-orban-paying-cpac
No paywall: https://archive.ph/rwNXz
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Edited to fix subject line, because in the copying & pasting, my device omitted the "a"-with-accent from Orban's name, as spelled in the New Republic headline.
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Edited again because DU wasn't recognizing the "a"-with-accent either.Peter Magyar's name has a similar issue.
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We MUST have a progressive candidate in 2028 who'll use the long arm of the law to nail these fuckers
Ponietz
Apr 14
#5
And yet the PACs exist, and the money finds it's way into politicians pockets.
Buddyzbuddy
Apr 15
#44
CPAC had their annual meeting over there in Hungary last year, or the year before
FakeNoose
Apr 14
#12
Yes. In all the quotes from Magyar I've seen, he was referring to Orban funding CPAC Hungary, NOT the US version. n/t
Emrys
Apr 14
#39
Geez, This looks like what they always said about George Soros, except Fascist and true.
NBachers
Apr 14
#18
Soros would have to be a secret quadrillionaire in order to be responsible for everything they've ever accused him of.
Karasu
Apr 14
#21
100% correct. All the more reason the 30 years of GOP conspiracies around him are fucking stupid.
Karasu
Apr 14
#28
Well how about that ..............now lets look at trumps bank statements since old Victor went to Mar A Lago.......
turbinetree
Apr 14
#36
So Putin was giving Orban money so as to pay for those clowns @ CPAC in order to weaken America?
Botany
Apr 14
#41
I have an old friend who I dearly love who repeats the made up story that Orban and the right wing pushed ...
Botany
Apr 15
#62
Much of America was built on racism, genocide, brutality, slavery, and some really fucked up kind of
Botany
Apr 15
#64
At this point EVERY single Rethug is a traitor to the US. They are Russian assets and need to be jailed.
cayugafalls
Apr 15
#45
This not a one and done thing. Russian money this time was washed through Hungry and its dictator
Botany
Apr 15
#50
Do we actually have any journalist or an opposition? Trump and JD helping Orban should have been a major scandal.
Doodley
Apr 15
#51