CPAC Hungary: US, Dutch, Argentinian, Chilean, Polish politicians praised Orbán, Trump; slammed Brussels, Biden, wokeism

Bravery is a precondition of victory, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a very brave leader who proudly stands up for his country and protects Hungarians from illegal immigration, which is “really necessary”, Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), said at the CPAC Hungary conference on Friday.

The Freedom Party doubled their parliamentary seats in November last year, becoming the largest party in the Netherlands, Wilders noted, adding that the key to PVV’s success was in its courage to speak out against the policy of open borders and wokeism.

CPAC is needed more than ever before as new and serious threats have emerged, the Dutch politician said.

He said one of the major threats was the woke movement, whose essence was that everything is relative, everything is inter-changeable, and “that is the message of the leftist elite”. The left, Wilders said, had “sold so many countries out”, restricted the freedom of individuals, destroyed their economies and opened their borders to mass migration.

He said another, external, threat was of a demographic nature. Africa’s population will quadruple by the end of the century, and one-third of its people were preparing to move to Europe, he said. There is an enormous migration crisis, with many European nations struggling with illegal immigrants, Wilders said.

The PVV leader noted that in 2004 Islamist fanatics had put him on a death list because “I dared to criticise Islam”. But this had not discouraged him, he said, adding that “our freedom of speech is sacred and we will never ever compromise on the truth, ever”.

There are no illegal migrants and “no-go” zones in Budapest, he said, adding that by opening [the EU’s] borders, the leadership of former German chancellor Angela Merkel had put European Christian civilisation at risk.

ari Lake: With Trump back in White House ‘we’ll work to bring an end to this senseless slaughter’

“When I am in the United States Senate and President Trump returns to the White House … we will work together again to bring an end to this senseless slaughter between Russia and Ukraine, and bring stability to the world once again,” Republican US Senatorial candidate Kari Lake for Arizona said in a video message to CPAC Hungary, according to a statement released by the Center for Fundamental Rights on Friday.

In the video, Lake noted her visit to Budapest last year, saying: “From the Buda Castle, to the Chain Bridge, Heroes’ Square, we looked at your glittering landmarks with awe. But what truly impressed us was just how safe we felt.”

She said this was a testament to the leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, “who has delivered historic peace and prosperity” to Hungary.

Lake praised the Hungarian government’s family policy measures which have almost halved the number of abortions. She noted the role of family tax incentives and said the same thing should be done in the United States.

“We must recognise that we are only as strong as our greatest institution, which is the family,” she said.

“And now our globalist enemies claim that a pro-family, pro-faith philosophy is extreme. They have sought to alienate our two countries from one another and sever the ties that bind us together.”

She vowed that if Republicans retake the White House, the US and Hungary will resume their close relations.

“The world is a much safer place when the United States of America and our ally, Hungary, are strong,” Lake said.

“And we will resume our respective roles in the international arena by operating through peace, through strength.”

International speakers address issues of gender, sovereignty, wokeism

International speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest (CPAC Hungary) on Friday talked about the issues of gender ideology, the sovereignty of nation states, the exploitation of children and wokeism.

Former Republican senator Rick Santorum said there was an “existential battle” going on in Europe between “sovereign countries like Hungary” and “neomarxists”, adding that the United States was facing similar problems.

“Authoritarians, if left unchecked, will topple Western civilisation,” he warned, adding that social media, large corporations and even certain churches were working to turn societies into masses.

He said the US had become “so dominant, so successful militarily, economically” that Americans had forgotten God and had started leaving their social groups and churches behind while the left had organised.

Concerning Hungary, the former senator said that though he did not agree with all of the Hungarian government’s economic and security policy decisions, they agreed on the most important issues.

Santorum said Hungary gave him cause for optimism that conservatives could protect children in their faith in God.

Patryk Jaki, MEP of Poland’s Suwerenna Polska, said the European Union’s founding treaty made it clear that the bloc was not a state, and that its competences were assigned to it by member states.

But in spite of this, he said, the EU often took over powers that were not delegated to it by member states. He said that under the recently adopted migration pact, member states would be obligated to take in migrants or pay a fine.

Jaki also warned of the EU’s plans for tax harmonisation, which he said would be the end of central Europe’s competitiveness.

Actor and producer Eduardo Verastegui, founder of CPAC Mexico, said God, family and the country were the most important values underpinning traditional society.

He called attention to the problem of the sexual exploitation of children, saying it was the second most profitable illegal activity after drug trafficking.

Republican House Representative Keith Self of Texas said there was a global movement unfolding that was becoming “a splinter under the fingernail” of globalists. He said liberty-loving people should spread this movement through peaceful but forceful resistance.

Mark Ivanyo, executive director of the Republicans for National Renewal, spoke first about the issue of illegal immigration to Texas and expressed later his opinion that US Democrats “in a last minute change” would withdraw the nomination of incumbent president Joe Biden.

Diego Morales, Secretary of State of Indiana, called for the protection of borders by erecting walls and the authorisation of only legal immigration. In connection with the US elections, he called for ensuring transparency of the voting procedure.

Chad Wolf, Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute, branded Donald Trumps’ presidency a “golden age” that had seen one of the largest economic growth rates in US history as a result of global peace, the strengthening of the middle class in society and improving economic conditions of people. He said that the United States was facing an election that would have a decisive impact on the future of America and the world.

Maryland Republican House Representative Andy Harris, who is of Hungarian descent, told the conference that the Biden administration was opening the borders to masses of illegal immigrants without seeking out public opinion. Many of those entering the country, he said, were criminals, adding that they should be expelled from the US, but in many instances this was not being done.

Harris said another major problem was that the US government was allowing woke ideology to infiltrate almost every area of life. This was how it was possible for abortion to be performed at any point during the pregnancy, and that even universities like Columbia and Yale were “bowing” to wokeism, he said. This, he added, was causing a rise in anti-Semitism and support for Hamas on university campuses.

He also highlighted the threat of gender ideology, saying that as a doctor, he knew that gender reassignment was impossible.

Jose Antonio Kast, former leader of Chile’s Republican Party, said his country today was led by a progressive government and “a woke president” who had pushed a thriving nation, Chile, into poverty in two years. He said that only brave, committed and strong-minded leaders with a vision were able to achieve results.

Agustin Romo, the campaign advisor to Argentinian president Javier Milei, said Western powers today were governed by leaders who did not support freedom. Milei, he said, had challenged as a presidential candidate the political elite while he had also made the public aware that their country had turned into a criminal organisation. Milei’s government protects workers as against those who only fear to lose their privileges, he said. Romo said that with the truth on their side, even a small group of people could stand up to the political elite.

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