A warning from Hungary to the American conservative movement.
I spent five years as Political Director to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. I learned what it takes to build a successful conservative movement. Today I am learning another lesson: what happens when conservatives lose power.
When conservatives govern, they must never allow power and institutions to distance them from the people who elected them. Our strength comes from ordinary people believing that we are on their side: fighting for their families, jobs, security, communities and country.
And this is the warning from Hungary: if conservatives lose power, do not assume you will simply spend four years in opposition. Your opponents may use their victory to make sure you never come back.
What we are witnessing in Hungary is the construction of an authoritarian liberal system through a political and economic purge. The new government is not simply reversing conservative policies. It is dismantling the political, intellectual, media and economic infrastructure that made conservative government possible.
They are going after donors, business leaders, media personalities and intellectuals who supported or worked with the conservative government. The logic is simple: treat everyone who helped the conservative side as if they must be guilty of something, then turn the machinery of the state on them to find something that can be used against them. Authorities become instruments to intimidate and punish the people and networks that could help conservatives return.
The economic purge follows the same logic. Nationalizations, threats to private property and political intervention send a clear message: if you supported the wrong side, your business, property and livelihood may no longer be safe. The goal is to make supporting conservatives personally and economically dangerous.
And all this follows an election campaign in which almost everything was promised to everyone. But promises eventually collide with reality. Prices, wages, investment, energy and living standards cannot be fixed by communication. When the promised better life fails to arrive, a government has two choices: offer something better, or make sure there is no credible alternative.
That is the lesson from Hungary.
Stay on the side of the people while you govern and never take their trust for granted. And if you lose, reorganize immediately, stand by your people and find your way back to the voters as quickly as possible.
Because an authoritarian liberal system does not merely want conservatives to lose an election. It wants to make sure that, when people realize they were promised one thing and given another, they have no real alternative left to choose. And if this happens, ordinary citizens and ultimately the country itself pay a very high price.
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Breaking: WAR in IRAN
First, and I believe most important, is for all Americans to steady themselves for a lot of misinformation. This will come from all angles of attack. In war and intelligence reporting we say, first reports are always wrong. That’s a good starting point for us all.
War is never in any nation’s interest unless national survival is at stake. In America, the decision to go to war should be a joint decision by the executive and legislative branches of government. There will be untold costs and consequences and our nation must be together on this issue—like it or not, our nation going to war is not the sole prerogative of the executive branch. We should demand that Congress has skin in this “game” just as our President and our military forces have skin in it.
For a minute, consider the lost resources spent fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan (trillions of $’s and thousands of lives), never mind Ukraine and Venezuela (we still have a naval armada minding this critical part of the world).
We also need to consider what responses might come from China (ie., Taiwan), Russia (use of Nukes), or Turkey (a NATO ally, hopefully they sit this one out), and is our homeland at risk to terrorist counter-strikes?
That said, a PROLONGED war is never in America’s interests. However, once war is waged, it is an unleashing of emotions that can easily cause it to be endless.
We’ve been told time and again, America can no longer afford endless wars. That is a seriously true statement, we really cannot afford another endless war or conflict.
Therefore, we want to see if our Congress will respond with full throated support for our military operations and our troops. We also want them to vote their beliefs whether or not they support these actions. We also want there to be as much transparency as possible from our White House on those clear objectives that describe vital national security interests, precisely how long this war will last and what objectives, once achieved, will allow us to rapidly extract ourselves from this war.
We have far too many problems here at home and we cannot afford open ended ventures back in the Middle East on behalf of others. We have to get back to taking care of America First as fast as possible.
Pray for our troops and like millions of Americans, we want to be at peace. We also want freedom loving people around the world to know we stand with your fight to achieve freedom and once achieved, we will open the doors of America to fully embrace your desire to live freely and in peace. But also understand achieving freedom takes sacrifice and comes at a cost. Americans understand that, our own American Revolution is a perfect example of sacrifice.
For those that don’t understand scale and scope, Iran is four times the size of California with over 90 million people. A few strikes and a few days does not solve all of its problems. The people of America need to understand this while the people of Iran are living it.
In war, the best plans provide the most options right up to the last possible minute. I know our military is exceptional and well led. But going to war is also a failure of diplomacy and policy. Remember, Iran also had many chances to come to the table. Let’s pray @realdonaldtrump sits his team down and has solutions for the long haul. I believe he does but the bureaucratic challenges he faces are immense.
God bless America and may God keep us safe and secure in the days, weeks and months ahead.
Pray for all those in harms way, especially our great military🙏🏼🇺🇸
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"No, I don't negotiate with ped*philes or the people who defend them."
"I'm not taking anything down. I'm not apologizing, and I'm damn sure not going to stop talking about child s*xual abuse at a Christian camp that continues to operate on the same grounds where horrific abuse took place."
Wow 🔥
Video: @ShawnRyan762