Maybe they can claw the money back.

Claw it out of Orban's ass!

But what excellent news this is, that CPAC is losing what sounds like a major funding source!

comes from Russian oil. It comes from the Kremlin. Just sayin. Hillary was/is spot on!!

campaign.
CPAC is just a financing arm for fascism.

Since outright bribery is legal now.

The corruption yet to be uncovered will be staggering!

i always thought it was illegal to receive foreign monies for political reasons....but then I'm not so great at following limits and since laws since Citizen United.

It was likely quid pro quo, not blackmail. I guess we can't rule anything out though.

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..Ya never know just what ingredients may or may not be cooking "in the stew."..or who the chef in the kitchen may just be.

Keep him in power and let the $$$$ roll in.

A right-leaning Democrat with deep AIPAC connections will “look forward and move on.”

It's all the "looking forward, not back," that paved the road to our current hell.

The Xtian Nationalist movement is dying a slow, painful death!

Clear example of foreign influence on the Republican policy makers. And once again Citizens United rears it's ugly head.

For foreign governments to contribute to US political parties. Even with Citizens United.

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Russia
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Hungary
Qatar

Nobody is enforcing the laws on the books. That is the reality.

Who would have thought?

It explains a lot.

His pal, J.D. Vance needs to let the public know what he thinks about that.

Hmmm???

Doesn't surprise me at all to hear that Orban was filling up their coffers. Probably Putin is too, if he has anything left.

Sue them out of existence. Liars! Blasphemers!

How ‘bout them apples!

There’s way more of this skullduggery to come out, be sure.

And, once again, everything they accused us of was projection of their own crimes.

It's totally legal for him to contribute to US political campaigns. It is definitely not legal for foreign governments.

Many of those conspiracies, of course, suggest that he is actually not a citizen. So much of everything goes back to “da illegals” for these people.

Which means that blaming him for stuff is a white supremacist dog whistle for those who buy into that ancient and ridiculous conspiracy theory that Jews are secretly plottinging to take over the entire world. Barf!

Prosecute ASAP.

For them a couple of years ago.

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...railing against "international communist conspiracy" have themselves formed an international fascist conspiracy.

and basically gave the traitor the playbook to take down a democracy............with help from what's his name in Russia...............

Nice. Kind of like installing Trump as POTUS to weaken America too.

…. and still pushes that Men (mostly white) are under some kind of attack and our rights are
being taken away by some kind of conspiracy. Putin feeding some of his oil money to the
right wing anti LGBT dictator friendly Orban crowd in Hungry that they pass on to CPAC is part
of Russia’s war on Western Democracies. Tucker Carlson and others push “the White Men are
under attack” meme too.

If we look at the U.S. as a nation built on the mythology of white Christian men hewing a civilization from the God-given wilderness, the fears of the right wing make sense.

The country's culture is built around the idea of male white supremacy. Non-whites are viewed as inferior, whose proper roles are to serve white people. Women are viewed as inferior, whose proper roles are to serve men. Children are viewed as the property of their fathers.

Every advance in civil and human rights since the Civil War has chipped away at that false mythology. If Black people aren't slaves, does that mean they're equal to white people?! If women can vote, hold paying jobs, have their own bank accounts, and support themselves does that mean they're equal to men?! If people can live openly as the spouses of people of the same sex, does that mean that gender roles aren't immutable?! If schools can teach about these things how will parents pass on the mythology to their children?! Etc.

Every advance is a blow to the myth.

…. Christianity that told followers that God made black, brown, and native peoples less worthy
by not looking like Northern European folk and that real Christians shouldn’t do certain things
too. This is why Ben Franklin left New England for Philadelphia because he couldn’t stand the
Puritans.

Jailed tried and executed for treason against the United States.

I'm done dancing around it.

...but truly shocking that the Republicans accepted it.

It was a misuse of taxpayer funds originating from a fascist regime.

I'm so old I remember when the Republican party had honesty and integrity.

…. Orban and fed into American right wing political or media operations in order to spread
lies, propaganda, and social unrest over @ what many times are not really problems such as
the threat from Transgender people, the dangers of the COVID vaccine, and that men in America
are under attack. In 2016 and 2018 the NRA got tens of millions of dollars to fund Republican
Senate races.

Trump knows he will get some extra sugar from Vlad Putin now that Russia is selling its oil @
higher prices.

Russia funding the nutballs @ CPAC is designed to weaken America. I have often wondered
what are the links between Russia and News Corp. aka Fox News?

Even if no money is involved, if properly highlighted, it should ring alarm bells to every voter in America, because Orban represents everything that isn't supposed to be an American value, but I bet you only about 1 in 10 people even noticed.

“I love Hungary, and I love Viktor. I’m telling you he’s a fantastic man,” Mr. Trump said by phone from Washington, his words blasted around a Budapest concert arena, “I’m a big fan of Viktor. I’m with him all the way.”

Btw after Trump’s endorsement Orban wound up getting crushed in the election.

You are 100% right Vance and Trump’s love for a right wing dictator and all that Russian money
going to America’s right wing and the Republican Party should have been bigger news.

Wasn’t it illegal for foreign nations to provide money to political candidates?

Spread hate/misinformation and have someone else pay for it.

U.S. law explicitly prohibits foreign nationals, governments, and entities from making contributions, donations, or expenditures in connection with federal, state, or local elections, as outlined in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Additionally, the prohibition extends to soliciting, accepting, or receiving anything of value from foreign sources in relation to U.S. elections, as enforced by the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission (FEC). These laws aim to prevent foreign interference and ensure that American elections remain a reflection of the will of U.S. citizens.

GOP party needs to be charged with breaking election laws.