Senate of Republicans warns of Hungary's reduction in democracy despite Trump's support
Senate of Republicans warns of Hungary's reduction in democracy despite Trump's support
Washington - if there is an area in which leading Republican senators averted from former President Donald Trump, then it is his support for the Hungarian right -wing extremist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
criticism of Orbán and its connections
While some members of the GOP Trumps have followed example, including The Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest, who took part in the third annual assembly this year, have sharply condemned the actions of Hungary on the world stage.
senators are concerned about
Finally, five of these senators-including Sen. John Cornyn from Texas, a candidate for the GOP leadership-published an explanation in which they express their concerns about the step backwards of democracy in Hungary and the close connections to Russia and China after visiting Budapest last week.
GOP Senator Jerry Moran from Kansas, who cited the group, said: "Our delegation and many of our congressional colleagues are increasingly concerned about the in-depth and expanding relationships of Hungary to Russia and the continuous erosion process of his democratic institutions." He added: "Hungary continues to ignore the concerns of his allies and partners regarding the deepening of his relationships with China. It is in our common interest that our countries work closely together. We are calling Hungary to take the concerns of his allies seriously and act accordingly."
centralization of power under Orbán
In his 14 years as Prime Minister,Orbán has successfully centralized the power, which has brought considerable misunderstanding to his critics and the European Union. In 2022, the European Parliament voted that Hungary can no longer be seen as real democracy and, in particular, condemned Orbán's introduction of anti-LGBTQ laws, its extended control over the judiciary and its so-called "peace missions" to Russia and China in the course of the Ukraine War.
Trump and Orbán: A special connection
Orbán supported Trump, and Trump praised the praise of the prime minister, even during the presidential debate in September. "There is no one who is better, wiser or a better leader than Viktor Orbán. He is fantastic," said Trump back then.
McConnell expresses criticism
The most powerful Republican in the Senate, minority leader Mitch McConnell, has opposed the hug of Orbán through the rights and strengthens his criticism while preparing to withdraw from the lead. The Republican from Kentucky said that after his resignation he wanted to concentrate on the fight against the party's isolationist wing.
"I spoke about Hungary's drift to the most determined opponents of the West. It is an alarming trend, and nobody, certainly not the American conservatives who are increasingly forming a person in Personal Viktor Orbán, can pretend that he explained McConnell in Senate in September.
The contradictions among the Republicans
As President, Trump had tense relationships with several traditional US allies, including Germany and France, partly because of his criticism of NATO and his isolationist rhetoric. His most recent drifting apart with the aim of a Ukrainian victory after Russia's invasion also causes resentment among the European allies. Some GOP senators, such as Josh Hawley from Missouri, have followed his example and insist that Europe will take care of its own concerns while the United States is concentrating on the containment of Chinese influence in the Pacific.Support for Orbán's policy within the GOP
other Republicans, on the other hand, joined Trump in his support for Orbán. Kari Lake, a Republican who runs for the open Senate seat in Arizona, took part in the conservative political action conference in Budapest and said that the meeting with Orbán had "changed life". GOP representative Andy Harris from Maryland, the newly elected chairman of the hard House Freedom Caucus, and MP Paul Gosar from Arizona, both have praised Orbán's leadership and argued that the USA should consider Hungary to be a “model” for conservative government.
mcconnell warns of isolationism
McConnell said in July: "Republicans in Washington, who see themselves both as 'national conservative' and as China-Hawks, should take a closer look at the actions of Orbán and ask themselves whether they match the interests of America." An employee of the GOP lead told CNN that McConnell "is deliberately working on the allies that not all Republicans are isolationists, and that there is a loud part of the party, but still exists a strong majority of Reagan Republicans in the House of Representatives and in the Senate."
commitment to NATO and democratic values
Other Republican senators have focused on reaffirming the United States' commitment to their NATO allies, despite the rhetoric of Trump and Orbán. GOP senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina 2018 the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group reeleded and heads the group together with the democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire.
Both senators were ignored in February when they visited Hungary when they were urged to approved Sweden's NATO joining, just to experience how government officials refused to meet them. This meant that Tillis and Shaheen brought in a Senate resolution that condemned Hungary back in democracy and the delay in the approval of Sweden's NATO accession. In the same week, Hungary finally gave in and agreed to Sweden.
"Hungary is an estimated NATO allied, and it is of the utmost importance that they maintain their commitment to the democratic values that all NATO countries share," said Tillis at that time.
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