This was two days * before * the election that defeated Orbán

Edited Monday at 02:03 PM5 days by janea4old

In the Hungarian election, Péter Magyar's Tisza party defeated Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party by a two-thirds supermajority.

Magyar and Tisza are considered "center-right" so it's not a leftwing victory. But it's certainly a victory against Orbán's dictator style, against Putin, and against Trump. Magyar says he wants Hungary to be more a part of Europe again, so this is a victory for Europe, too.
So yeah lots of dancing!

Edited Monday at 05:22 PM5 days by janea4old

I'm not intending this as spamming this thread with Hungary celebrations. Just feel like we could all use some hope.

11 hours ago, Stevel said:

Do I dare feel optimistic?

10 hours ago, Wendy said:

If the people of Hungary can oust their despot, so can we in the US. And we have to, if we have any hope of maintaining the crumbs that remain of our democracy. Consider, too, that the Hungarian election had 77% turnout! Makes the US look like the apathetic mess it is. And says how much other countries do NOT take democracy for granted as so many here obviously - and sadly and foolishly - have.

It's going to take lots of optimism and lots of hard work.

Just like what I was saying to Mama Khan the other day: "the pendulum always swings the other way."

Magyar of Hungary did a three-hour "Q & A" session with the press today. Not a standard press conference but something where he actually answers questions. This was to contrast with Viktor Orbán who dispensed sound bites. Magyar also requested that the independent journalists be heard first, since they'd previously been left out of things.

Reuters' summary of the Q&A (Link)

The Guardian's summary of the Q&A (Link)

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Edited yesterday at 08:00 PM1 day by KristinG79

It took Turning Point to become "mainstream" in a less than a year. I wonder if its laterm founder Charlie Kirk is looking up and is proud of his wife.