Hungarian appearance at two-day event part of Orbán’s transatlantic attempt to bolster Russia’s war

Allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine, the Guardian has learned.

Members of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and staff from the Hungarian embassy in Washington will on Monday begin a two-day event hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation thinktank.

The first day includes panel speeches about the Ukraine war as well as topics such as Transatlantic Culture Wars. It is expected to feature guests including Magor Ernyei, the international director of the Centre for Fundamental Rights, the institute that organized CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) Hungary. Kelley Currie, a former ambassador under then president Donald Trump, said she was invited “but declined”.

  • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    hmm… there is very little statistical differentiation between “independent” and republican, in political science we call this “they are the same thing”.

    ever heard of “looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck”? tho not to lump ducks in with republicans.

    • chitak166@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      You’re a shining example of why reasoning with tribalists is a waste of time and effort.

      Thank you for proving my points.

      • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        I think you miss the point with the problem of tribalism entirely, and are just repeating a buzzword you heard.

        Technically, it is Tribalism is if you call out someone for being racist, is it bad to call out racist behavior? tho, it isn’t tribalism to point out that two things are fundamentally the same thing, like how Megablocks is just off brand Lego