Vance accuses EU of 'foreign interference' in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán [View all]

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JD Vance accuses Europe of giving in to far-left ideologies, rages against 'corruption' in Brussels

JD Vance goes on to talk about “a shared threat from within that both of our nations face,” as he talks about “a far-left ideology given quarter in university circles, in the media and in our entertainment industry, and increasingly among bureaucrats on both sides of the Atlantic.” He talks about “its most radical members” who seek to “tear down monuments to our national heroes or throw buckets of fake blood on precious artworks and museums” and “setting fire to churches.”

He then says “feminists” are actually overseeing “policies that have seen an explosion of migrants crime and sexual assault against the very women they claim to protect,” and talk about “the corruption of Brussels” as “bureaucrats become millionaires by threatening and cajoling the sovereignty of the people across this beautiful continent.

He insists that his comments come from his love of Europe, not because he has “something against Europe.” And, just so you don’t forget who is the good guy in this story, he reminds the audience that in sharp contrast that in Hungary there is “real progress under a man named Viktor Orbán.”

He also plays off some sort of secret information he claims to have, saying that as the US vice-president he “sees what the bureucrats hide from many from you,” as he rejects EU “sneers” against “the normal, God-fearing people of Hungary” and Orbán. He says other leaders hate Orbán because he stands up for Hungary’s interests, and so the US will stand shoulder to shoulder with the man who has done more to defend those values than anyone else.”

JD Vance's speech in support of Hungary's Orbán - in pictures