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Reuters reports:
America’s most prominent conservative gathering, founded on ideals of personal liberty and limited government, convenes in Budapest next month to celebrate a European leader accused of undermining democracy and individual rights.
The May meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is seen by some Republicans as a test of how closely American conservatives are willing align themselves with a global movement of far-right, Russia-friendly strongmen embraced by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
The event’s keynote speaker is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a longtime supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mediaite reports:
“CPAC goes full Orban,” wrote conservative pundit Charlie Sykes on Wednesday, arguing, “The right launders its support for Putin through the Hungarian autocrat.”
“Increasingly, the right has also decided to launder its Putinism though their support for Putin’s leading European ally, Viktor Orban,” concluded Sykes of the upcoming event, a sentiment which was echoed across Twitter.
Even after all this time, even after all I’ve seen, I really thought this was hyperbole. Our CPAC would-be dictators, holding a conference in Hungary with already-dictator Viktor Orban.
Americans who go to Hungary for this should NOT be readmitted here.https://t.co/gXWjHSmmWg
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 6, 2022
63 GOPers yesterday voted against supporting NATO. Trump & Fox actively defend Putin. CPAC is holding its next big meeting in Hungary featuring Putin puppet Viktor Orban. The GOP is Putin’s party. It’s not a theory, not a slogan. It’s the ground truth. https://t.co/QHrFbqsY0M
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) April 6, 2022
CPAC Under Fire For Event in Hungary: GOP ‘Launders Its Support for Putin Through’ Orban https://t.co/8lXzel7qPv via @mediaite
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) April 6, 2022