Good Riddance to Viktor Orban

Good news today out of Hungary. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has gone down in electoral defeat after 16 years in power. A couple of important points include:

  1. Both Putin and Trump wanted Orban to win. Therefore, his loss is a triple win for democracy.

  2. Ukraine also wins, as Orban’s government did not support Ukraine’s brave fight to defend itself from Russian aggression.

  3. Orban’s governent, despite the fact that Hungary is in the EU, is more closely aligned with Putin’s authoritarianism. They’ve been allowing Russian spies carte blanche in the country and have been caught making phone calls to Russian authorities and providing inside information about EU thinking.

  4. The New York Times reports tonight that the turn out was approximately 77%, the highest since Hungary gained its freedom after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

This video by independent journalist Caolan Robertson is worth a look.

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