We’re an illiberal state because we’ve marginalized the liberals.
— Victor Orbán
How January 6th will be commemorated in the future depends on the outcome of the 2024 election.
If Trump or his clone wins the presidency, January 6th will replace July 4th.
Sadly, Trump's base, too stupid (yes, that's the word) to grasp European politics, will take no note of their savior's endorsement yesterday of Hungary's prime minister Victor Orbán.
Trump called Orbán a "strong leader" who's "done a powerful and wonderful job in protecting Hungary."
Orbán's record is a blueprint for the next Trump presidency.
Orbán has:
- Replaced Hungary's Constitution with his own
- Rigged elections so his party wins every time
- Cut the number of Members of Parliament by half
- Packed the courts
- Fired thousands of "disloyal" government employees
- Taken control of all radio and TV stations
- Blacklisted citizens who criticize the government
- Created a secret police to fight "Muslim terrorists"
- Broken up protests using violence
- Sheltered billions of stolen dollars in phony foundations
- Rewarded government contracts to family and friends
- Siphoned EU funds to political cronies
- Nationalized universities, utilities, and parks
- Nationalized all Hungarians' pensions
- Eliminated welfare and unemployment insurance
- Doubled the limit on paying workers for overtime
- Targeted immigrants by criminalizing immigrant assistance
- Targeted LGBTQ people through bans on depicting them
- Muzzled academics who criticize the government
- Rewritten school textbooks
- Endorsed the supporters of Nazi Germany
- Pocketed untold billions of dollars of government money
"The new state that we are constructing in Hungary is an illiberal state," Orbán said in his 2014 state-of-the-union address.
That means only one thing: a "state that puts money in my pocket."
Happy January 6th!
