Hungary's New Leader Reveals Viktor Orban Was Paying CPAC
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.
Turbineguy
(40,114 posts)Maybe they can claw the money back.
KPN
(17,415 posts)70sEraVet
(5,526 posts)Claw it out of Orban's ass!
blue-wave
(5,329 posts)comes from Russian oil. It comes from the Kremlin. Just sayin. Hillary was/is spot on!!
Hey Joe
(669 posts)campaign.
CPAC is just a financing arm for fascism.
Karasu
(2,010 posts)Diraven
(1,923 posts)Since outright bribery is legal now.
AloeVera
(4,314 posts)The corruption yet to be uncovered will be staggering!
AllaN01Bear
(29,635 posts)FarPoint
(14,852 posts)i always thought it was illegal to receive foreign monies for political reasons....but then I'm not so great at following limits and since laws since Citizen United.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,261 posts)BattleRow
(2,539 posts)AloeVera
(4,314 posts)It was likely quid pro quo, not blackmail. I guess we can't rule anything out though.
BattleRow
(2,539 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:27 PM - Edit history (1)
..Ya never know just what ingredients may or may not be cooking "in the stew."..or who the chef in the kitchen may just be.
radical noodle
(10,616 posts)Keep him in power and let the $$$$ roll in.
Ponietz
(4,363 posts)A right-leaning Democrat with deep AIPAC connections will look forward and move on.
KPN
(17,415 posts)wolfie001
(7,790 posts)pat_k
(13,465 posts)It's all the "looking forward, not back," that paved the road to our current hell.
Blue Owl
(59,263 posts)The Xtian Nationalist movement is dying a slow, painful death!
travelingthrulife
(5,303 posts)debsy
(981 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,723 posts)Clear example of foreign influence on the Republican policy makers. And once again Citizens United rears it's ugly head.
Diraven
(1,923 posts)For foreign governments to contribute to US political parties. Even with Citizens United.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,723 posts)Russia
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Hungary
Qatar
Nobody is enforcing the laws on the books. That is the reality.
Aussie105
(8,010 posts)Who would have thought?
It explains a lot.
moniss
(9,085 posts)oasis
(53,758 posts)His pal, J.D. Vance needs to let the public know what he thinks about that.
AloeVera
(4,314 posts)Hmmm???
FakeNoose
(41,882 posts)Doesn't surprise me at all to hear that Orban was filling up their coffers. Probably Putin is too, if he has anything left.
Emrys
(9,163 posts)LeftInTX
(34,533 posts)Akakoji
(528 posts)Sue them out of existence. Liars! Blasphemers!
calimary
(90,275 posts)How bout them apples!
NBachers
(19,476 posts)Theres way more of this skullduggery to come out, be sure.
And, once again, everything they accused us of was projection of their own crimes.
Karasu
(2,010 posts)Diraven
(1,923 posts)It's totally legal for him to contribute to US political campaigns. It is definitely not legal for foreign governments.
Karasu
(2,010 posts)Many of those conspiracies, of course, suggest that he is actually not a citizen. So much of everything goes back to da illegals for these people.
thought crime
(1,639 posts)underpants
(196,785 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,294 posts)BaronChocula
(4,620 posts)Prosecute ASAP.
flying_wahini
(8,277 posts)For them a couple of years ago.
louis-t
(24,635 posts)hibbing
(10,602 posts)JHB
(38,254 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:37 PM - Edit history (1)
...railing against "international communist conspiracy" have themselves formed an international fascist conspiracy.
sakabatou
(46,199 posts)turbinetree
(27,606 posts)and basically gave the traitor the playbook to take down a democracy............with help from what's his name in Russia...............
Martin68
(27,863 posts)Crowman2009
(3,556 posts)Botany
(77,507 posts)Nice. Kind of like installing Trump as POTUS to weaken America too.
yardwork
(69,446 posts)Botany
(77,507 posts)
. and still pushes that Men (mostly white) are under some kind of attack and our rights are
being taken away by some kind of conspiracy. Putin feeding some of his oil money to the
right wing anti LGBT dictator friendly Orban crowd in Hungry that they pass on to CPAC is part
of Russias war on Western Democracies. Tucker Carlson and others push the White Men are
under attack meme too.
yardwork
(69,446 posts)If we look at the U.S. as a nation built on the mythology of white Christian men hewing a civilization from the God-given wilderness, the fears of the right wing make sense.
The country's culture is built around the idea of male white supremacy. Non-whites are viewed as inferior, whose proper roles are to serve white people. Women are viewed as inferior, whose proper roles are to serve men. Children are viewed as the property of their fathers.
Every advance in civil and human rights since the Civil War has chipped away at that false mythology. If Black people aren't slaves, does that mean they're equal to white people?! If women can vote, hold paying jobs, have their own bank accounts, and support themselves does that mean they're equal to men?! If people can live openly as the spouses of people of the same sex, does that mean that gender roles aren't immutable?! If schools can teach about these things how will parents pass on the mythology to their children?! Etc.
Every advance is a blow to the myth.
Botany
(77,507 posts)
. Christianity that told followers that God made black, brown, and native peoples less worthy
by not looking like Northern European folk and that real Christians shouldnt do certain things
too. This is why Ben Franklin left New England for Philadelphia because he couldnt stand the
Puritans.
Initech
(108,922 posts)cayugafalls
(5,963 posts)Jailed tried and executed for treason against the United States.
I'm done dancing around it.
perdita9
(1,354 posts)...but truly shocking that the Republicans accepted it.
It was a misuse of taxpayer funds originating from a fascist regime.
I'm so old I remember when the Republican party had honesty and integrity.
Botany
(77,507 posts)
. Orban and fed into American right wing political or media operations in order to spread
lies, propaganda, and social unrest over @ what many times are not really problems such as
the threat from Transgender people, the dangers of the COVID vaccine, and that men in America
are under attack. In 2016 and 2018 the NRA got tens of millions of dollars to fund Republican
Senate races.
Trump knows he will get some extra sugar from Vlad Putin now that Russia is selling its oil @
higher prices.
Russia funding the nutballs @ CPAC is designed to weaken America. I have often wondered
what are the links between Russia and News Corp. aka Fox News?
Doodley
(11,965 posts)Even if no money is involved, if properly highlighted, it should ring alarm bells to every voter in America, because Orban represents everything that isn't supposed to be an American value, but I bet you only about 1 in 10 people even noticed.
Botany
(77,507 posts)I love Hungary, and I love Viktor. Im telling you hes a fantastic man, Mr. Trump said by phone from Washington, his words blasted around a Budapest concert arena, Im a big fan of Viktor. Im with him all the way.
Btw after Trumps endorsement Orban wound up getting crushed in the election.
You are 100% right Vance and Trumps love for a right wing dictator and all that Russian money
going to Americas right wing and the Republican Party should have been bigger news.
Kid Berwyn
(24,647 posts)Wasnt it illegal for foreign nations to provide money to political candidates?
Scalded Nun
(1,711 posts)Spread hate/misinformation and have someone else pay for it.
republianmushroom
(22,422 posts)maliaSmith
(210 posts)U.S. law explicitly prohibits foreign nationals, governments, and entities from making contributions, donations, or expenditures in connection with federal, state, or local elections, as outlined in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Additionally, the prohibition extends to soliciting, accepting, or receiving anything of value from foreign sources in relation to U.S. elections, as enforced by the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission (FEC). These laws aim to prevent foreign interference and ensure that American elections remain a reflection of the will of U.S. citizens.
GOP party needs to be charged with breaking election laws.