Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Victor Orbán Was Paying CPAC

Posted by OddlyFactual1512@reddit | Libertarian | View on Reddit | 7 comments

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OddlyFactual1512@reddit (OP)

Someone commented then deleted "Who cares?"

It's a violation of FECA for a PAC to accept foreign contributions. I guess you don't care, because you like foreign interference.

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CPAC hosted an event(s) in Hungary in conjunction with conservative groups from Hungary. From what I read, the funding from the Hungarian government may have been only for those events. So while it's not good for the Hungarian government to bankroll a political event which supports the ruling party, it doesn't seem to amount to a PAC contribution for US politics.

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SadTumbleweed1567@reddit

So the Hungarian state was funding political activism in the United States. From a classical liberal perspective, I don't think foreign states have the same free speech rights as individuals. Any other branches of libertarianism care to chime in on how your ideology feels about foreign states bankrolling political activism?

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Hopeful_Addition7834@reddit

Offtopic from the main headline, but let's see what he will do, though.

He got about 70 percent of Parlamentary seats, which means that according to the constitution (made by Orban in 2012), he can rewrite the constitution as he wishes, or can extend the 'state of emergency' any time he wishes.

He claimed to use this authorization to put limits on the government, but let's see. If he is selling out to EU, he might just make Hungary a state in a federal Europe.

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