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Down goes Orban - breaking (Original Post) malaise 20 hrs ago OP
👏 demmiblue 20 hrs ago #1
Cautiously optimistic.... Jilly_in_VA 20 hrs ago #2
Look at people in the streets malaise 20 hrs ago #5
Orban concession speech on BBC now malaise 20 hrs ago #3
Yay! I did not see this before I posted Easterncedar 20 hrs ago #7
Trump's buddy..... SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #75
This gives me hope for our elections Easterncedar 20 hrs ago #4
80% voter turn is farewell Effer malaise 20 hrs ago #6
I think I will do a little dancing and gloating right now!!! Easterncedar 20 hrs ago #9
Yeah, I see this as making moonscape 19 hrs ago #56
Sure NJCher 6 hrs ago #106
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #8
What a failed trip malaise 20 hrs ago #14
On the contrary. They B.See 19 hrs ago #35
Which one? COL Mustard 19 hrs ago #51
Supermajority was a dream! I can't believe it! AloeVera 19 hrs ago #38
Do you have relatives still there..have you heard anything from them? Deuxcents 19 hrs ago #61
... Solly Mack 20 hrs ago #10
Orban is reported to have conceded LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #11
Utter humiliation for Slobby, Shady and malaise 20 hrs ago #20
Yes, it's especially sweet! liberalla 19 hrs ago #34
ETTD Danascot 19 hrs ago #48
Lost Syria, lost Hungary, losing the war in Ukraine True Dough 19 hrs ago #60
F**k the fascists! Doodley 20 hrs ago #12
He's done dweller 20 hrs ago #13
I guess sending jaydee to rally for Orban senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #15
this is great news......... Takket 20 hrs ago #16
He promised them economic support malaise 20 hrs ago #18
And his "promises" mean NOTHING. calimary 18 hrs ago #78
The lesson here for all young people malaise 20 hrs ago #19
He can take his EU veto abuse with him. moondust 20 hrs ago #17
It must have been JD's magic touch. Vinca 20 hrs ago #21
or the economic promises from Slobby malaise 20 hrs ago #23
This! Blue_Roses 14 hrs ago #96
He had no reason to say a word malaise 14 hrs ago #98
Trump didn't seeit coming Blue_Roses 14 hrs ago #99
That is some bubble malaise 14 hrs ago #100
Yes it is Blue_Roses 7 hrs ago #104
He batted those eyelined lashes and the people said spooky3 19 hrs ago #43
LOL malaise 18 hrs ago #70
Great news! I was worried GoCubsGo 20 hrs ago #22
WATCH: Here's Viktor Orbn conceding defeat! LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #24
Thanks malaise 20 hrs ago #27
Hats off to Orban Charmin One 20 hrs ago #25
Probably due in part to being in the EU? thought crime 16 hrs ago #92
Thank fuck. róisín_dubh 20 hrs ago #26
Now you CAN? Or "can't"? ColoringFool 19 hrs ago #42
My god I need my eyes checked róisín_dubh 11 hrs ago #102
Finally. dalton99a 20 hrs ago #28
Pity Team Donald when indictments start flying! Vogon_Glory 19 hrs ago #29
Time to celebrate! callous taoboy 19 hrs ago #30
Hungary chooses Europe (over Russia) LSparkle 19 hrs ago #31
Would LOVE to see the Turks get rid of Erdogan DinahMoeHum 19 hrs ago #57
Another good country that needs new management! LSparkle 19 hrs ago #62
My wife has been to Turkey. She wants to show me around DFW 7 hrs ago #105
!!!!!!!! Starbeach 19 hrs ago #32
Vance goes home with 2 losses tonight! mikewv 19 hrs ago #33
He's the gift that keeps on B.See 19 hrs ago #37
Go home to Russia DoBW 19 hrs ago #36
Looks like Cpl. Vance also turns things to shit! Crowman2009 19 hrs ago #39
👍! VP💩 ! ColoringFool 19 hrs ago #41
Goodbye Piggy orangecrush 19 hrs ago #40
First post I read this morning canetoad 19 hrs ago #44
The landslide speaks volumes malaise 19 hrs ago #47
Somewhere a fat miserable fuck is sucking it Blue Owl 19 hrs ago #45
Woo Hoo! BeneteauBum 19 hrs ago #46
The ketchup's gonna hit the fan. Good job, James Donald. BHDem53 19 hrs ago #49
Maygar speaking now malaise 19 hrs ago #50
How much did it cost the US to send JD to Hungary to Sneederbunk 19 hrs ago #52
So the Putin/Trump ticket is a LOSER again! nt Callie1979 19 hrs ago #53
This needs to be played up as death to fascism oldmanlynn 19 hrs ago #54
We don't yhet know if Mfgyar is going to reverse Warpy 19 hrs ago #55
Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021 RetiredParatrooper 19 hrs ago #58
Fingers crossed. Martin68 19 hrs ago #59
When the reins are formally and completely transferred lonely bird 18 hrs ago #63
Are you watching the 10s of thousands in the streets malaise 18 hrs ago #64
Watching? lonely bird 1 hr ago #107
Awesome - I don't allow myself to hope very much any more . . . . hatrack 18 hrs ago #65
Woohoo!!! iluvtennis 18 hrs ago #66
Trump must be tired of winning!!!! Swede 18 hrs ago #67
Congrats to Hungarian citizens peggysue2 18 hrs ago #68
I am rolling over here! OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #69
I ĺove this post! Thank you! liberalla 14 min ago #108
yes! samsingh 18 hrs ago #71
A ray of hope. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #72
And voter turnout was huge! malaise 18 hrs ago #73
Yes! yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #74
Next!!!!!!????!!!! NNadir 18 hrs ago #76
With over 95% of the votes in Magyar projected to win a supermajority of 137 seats. Ellipsis 18 hrs ago #77
Not Orban - Magyar malaise 17 hrs ago #80
Oops. fixed. Ellipsis 15 hrs ago #95
Zelenskyy won this one. That's who Orban was running against. His face was literally plastered over the whole country. Crunchy Frog 17 hrs ago #79
A concession? No claims of voting fraud? No insurrection mob? TomSlick 17 hrs ago #81
We need to win a super majority, too. thought crime 16 hrs ago #91
The republic surviving to 2028 will be no mean feat. TomSlick 16 hrs ago #93
Great news! Passages 17 hrs ago #82
Yay! Way to go Hungary! SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #83
Nice report malaise 16 hrs ago #85
Ty! SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #86
I love that he quoted JFK! 💖 No doubt a dig at pootin & tsf SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #87
Another one bites the dust! GreenWave 16 hrs ago #84
Not a peep from Slobby, Shady or malaise 16 hrs ago #88
It's encouraging news, but I won't rejoice just yet. Morbius 16 hrs ago #89
Wonderful news! mvd 16 hrs ago #90
Played Bowie's "Heroes ", as soon as I read this! MerryBlooms 15 hrs ago #94
Excited for Hungary! SamuelAdams 14 hrs ago #97
Good damn riddance! 😀 Dave Bowman 13 hrs ago #101
Wow, this is actually significant. malthaussen 9 hrs ago #103

Easterncedar

(6,350 posts)
7. Yay! I did not see this before I posted
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:25 PM
20 hrs ago

Shady V did Orban no good! Oh the CPAC crowd gonna be sad

SergeStorms

(20,633 posts)
75. Trump's buddy.....
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:42 PM
18 hrs ago

and the most admired world leader by right-wingnuts goes down! 🥳

The Big Orange Fascist Pig must be crestfallen, because he sees what's in store for him after this November

Easterncedar

(6,350 posts)
4. This gives me hope for our elections
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:23 PM
20 hrs ago

If Orban couldn't rig this vote maybe we can hold onto ours. But I won't gloat over this win until Orban is truly gone.

NJCher

(43,260 posts)
106. Sure
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 05:40 AM
6 hrs ago

He’ll be so determined that he will turn himself into Cheebus to win a third election!

B.See

(8,568 posts)
35. On the contrary. They
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:13 PM
19 hrs ago

Trump and JD Slick, SUCCEEDED,
beyond MY wildest dreams.

If ever there WAS an "undecided" before their meddling, they sure as hell killed that.

Have to wonder which of the two despots the people hated MORE.

COL Mustard

(8,268 posts)
51. Which one?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:46 PM
19 hrs ago

The trip to Hungary, or the trip to Pakistan?

Oh, wait...BOTH failed!!! So much for Shady Vance's political future.

AloeVera

(4,302 posts)
38. Supermajority was a dream! I can't believe it!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:19 PM
19 hrs ago

Really helps with fixing the country. Including the constitutional changes required to fix Orban's mess.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,379 posts)
11. Orban is reported to have conceded
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:28 PM
20 hrs ago

BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-04-12T19:21:14.044Z

Takket

(23,732 posts)
16. this is great news.........
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:36 PM
20 hrs ago

one of drumpf's #1 allies. someone he described as a great and powerful leader. no, the people are powerful.

Today we will celebrate... tomorrow, we must be vigilant, because the message drumpf just received was "if you let the people vote, you will lose", and he's going to redouble his efforts to take away our right to vote.

malaise

(296,648 posts)
18. He promised them economic support
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:40 PM
20 hrs ago
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-economic-support-viktor-orban-hungarian-election/

Trump promises economic support to Orbán ahead of crucial Hungary vote
Trump’s pledge to use the “full economic might” of the U.S. to help the Hungarian economy comes as Orban trails in the polls going into Sunday’s election.

————
Mouthamassie shoukd shut up.

calimary

(90,243 posts)
78. And his "promises" mean NOTHING.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:00 PM
18 hrs ago

I guess some folks just need to realize that, and accept it.

malaise

(296,648 posts)
19. The lesson here for all young people
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:42 PM
20 hrs ago

Vote as if your life depend on it for it does

malaise

(296,648 posts)
98. He had no reason to say a word
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:35 PM
14 hrs ago

Word was available to the planet that Orban was about to lose - you’d think the intelligence peeps told him although he fired the professionals.
Shady Couch was bad enough but Slobby made it worse with the stupid promise. They look like idiots who didn’t see this coming.

Blue_Roses

(13,896 posts)
99. Trump didn't seeit coming
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:48 PM
14 hrs ago

because he lives in his own narcissistic bubble. The scarey thing about that is him going scorched earth when reality hits.

GoCubsGo

(34,941 posts)
22. Great news! I was worried
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:50 PM
20 hrs ago

that Orban would successfully rig the election in his favor. If he tried, he has failed.

Charmin One

(384 posts)
25. Hats off to Orban
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:56 PM
20 hrs ago

I know Trump set a very low bar on this, but at least Orban has the decency to admit defeat and concede.

thought crime

(1,630 posts)
92. Probably due in part to being in the EU?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:49 PM
16 hrs ago

Does the EU set some standards for election process?

róisín_dubh

(12,350 posts)
26. Thank fuck.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:56 PM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:55 AM - Edit history (1)

I’ve wanted to visit Hungary since I was about 8.
I’m now 48 and would sell a kidney to take a train there from London. And now I can because that fucker is gone.

róisín_dubh

(12,350 posts)
102. My god I need my eyes checked
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:55 AM
11 hrs ago

And between them and the latest iPhone update, I make 901 typos. 😬

Vogon_Glory

(10,307 posts)
29. Pity Team Donald when indictments start flying!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:04 PM
19 hrs ago

Hungary has far more amenities than Belarus and the Persian Gulf states are not only boiling hot but rather close to Iran.

LSparkle

(12,206 posts)
31. Hungary chooses Europe (over Russia)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:05 PM
19 hrs ago

Hoping Ukraine can likewise be freed at last from PooTin’s lurking ... Heck, when does Turkey vote next? Might it be time to say buh-bye to Erdogan? :

DFW

(60,286 posts)
105. My wife has been to Turkey. She wants to show me around
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 04:36 AM
7 hrs ago

“As soon as Erdoğan is gone.”

Maybe that will be sooner than we thought. Çok güzel!

canetoad

(20,782 posts)
44. First post I read this morning
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:30 PM
19 hrs ago

Still haven't searched for the results, but this will do fine thanks. Another bastard fascist bites the dust.

On edit: not only a win but a LANDSLIDE.

malaise

(296,648 posts)
47. The landslide speaks volumes
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:42 PM
19 hrs ago

They are singing a love song in their thousands as I type

oldmanlynn

(824 posts)
54. This needs to be played up as death to fascism
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:50 PM
19 hrs ago

And to also tie in Maga as being on a short leaf here in America

Warpy

(114,630 posts)
55. We don't yhet know if Mfgyar is going to reverse
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:50 PM
19 hrs ago

the pro Russia policies, he might find himself between a rock and a hard place since Hungary is still dependent on Russian energy.

It seems pretty clear from Orban's bowing out without a fight that a dirty deal was done, at least allowing Orban to take his stolen loot with him wherever he ends up.

Nice to know that MAGA endorsements are working as well overrseas as they are here. Wat to go, JD!

RetiredParatrooper

(179 posts)
58. Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:57 PM
19 hrs ago

Frederick Douglass:

"Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reforms. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . .

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty waters.

The struggle may be a moral one or it may be a physical one, or it may both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

In the light of these ideas, Negroes will be hunted in the North, and held and flogged at in the South so long as they submit to those devilish outrages, and make no resistance, either moral or physical.

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get. If we ever get free from the oppression and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives and the lives of others."

lonely bird

(2,966 posts)
63. When the reins are formally and completely transferred
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:05 PM
18 hrs ago

Then, and only then, will I celebrate.

Conservatives deserve no benefit of the doubt or breaks or anything else.

malaise

(296,648 posts)
64. Are you watching the 10s of thousands in the streets
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:07 PM
18 hrs ago

Let them try


Has Slobby weighed in yet? Or Shady?😀

lonely bird

(2,966 posts)
107. Watching?
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:13 AM
1 hr ago

No. I know that they are and it is wonderful that they are doing so.

My position still stands. When the transfer is complete then I will celebrate.

I will also remain watchful. Guys like Orban don’t just walk away and the organizations created for and by him and by those who fund him don’t go away either.

hatrack

(64,959 posts)
65. Awesome - I don't allow myself to hope very much any more . . . .
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:09 PM
18 hrs ago

So you have no idea just how refreshing this is - slainte!

Also, fuck JD Vance and his bestie/traveling companion, the new Executive Branch pimp.

peggysue2

(12,542 posts)
68. Congrats to Hungarian citizens
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:22 PM
18 hrs ago

The shackles have been broken, finally.

Now the real work begins to repair the Hungarian government, expel the Orban sycophants threaded throughout all institutions and return to a truly democratic form of governance. Sixteen years of rotten leadership has no doubt left a lot of damage. Not unlike what Trump and his Flying Monkey Brigade have attempted to put on speed dial in the US.

But the first step in Hungary has been accomplished. Kudos!

OldBaldy1701E

(11,247 posts)
69. I am rolling over here!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:23 PM
18 hrs ago

I am reading that Hillbilly Wannabe's visit cost him between 3 and 5 percent of the vote.





What a Maroon!

yellow dahlia

(6,099 posts)
72. A ray of hope.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:30 PM
18 hrs ago

They had a mandate, and it made it too difficult for Orban to cheat or steal.

And voter turnout was huge!

yellow dahlia

(6,099 posts)
74. Yes!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:37 PM
18 hrs ago

Now we just need to do everything we can to make sure they don't rig, cheat, or steal.

Ellipsis

(9,464 posts)
77. With over 95% of the votes in Magyar projected to win a supermajority of 137 seats.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:55 PM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Crunchy Frog

(28,285 posts)
79. Zelenskyy won this one. That's who Orban was running against. His face was literally plastered over the whole country.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:07 PM
17 hrs ago
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TomSlick

(13,041 posts)
81. A concession? No claims of voting fraud? No insurrection mob?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:17 PM
17 hrs ago

Is Hungary a better democracy than the US?

thought crime

(1,630 posts)
91. We need to win a super majority, too.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:46 PM
16 hrs ago

This kind of vote result is pretty hard to argue with. At the rate Trump is going, we might be able to get a similar result in 2028 (if there's anything left by that time).

SheltieLover

(80,992 posts)
87. I love that he quoted JFK! 💖 No doubt a dig at pootin & tsf
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:27 PM
16 hrs ago

“Tonight, truth prevailed over lies. Today, we won because Hungarians didn’t ask what their homeland could do for them — they asked what they could do for their homeland"



Ty for sharing!!!

malaise

(296,648 posts)
88. Not a peep from Slobby, Shady or
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:31 PM
16 hrs ago

other MAGAts..
I guess Fucker won’t be broadcSt8ng from Budapest anytime soon😀

Morbius

(1,023 posts)
89. It's encouraging news, but I won't rejoice just yet.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:33 PM
16 hrs ago

I do not trust fascists to simply let go of power. It is not in their nature.

mvd

(65,934 posts)
90. Wonderful news!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:37 PM
16 hrs ago

They’re lucky - we could be stuck with our dictator wanna-be for almost 3 more years.

malthaussen

(18,584 posts)
103. Wow, this is actually significant.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 02:06 AM
9 hrs ago

A tyrant who can rig elections at will and embodies the rabid RW that has been infecting the (sort-of) Social Democratic States still couldn't manage to fix his own election? I'm impressed.

-- Mal

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