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Hungary’s Orban calls for American conservatives to unite with him against progressive liberalism

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on conservative political activists in Dallas Thursday to join him and his European supporters in defeating progressive liberalism.

Mr. Orbán, who addressed crowds as a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas, said he wanted to “unite forces” with American conservatives against progressives because “we Hungarians know how to defeat the enemies of freedom on the political battlefield.”

“We Hungarians defeated communism, which was forced on us by Soviet troops and arms,” Mr. Orbán said. “It took a while. We began our fight in 1956 and won in 1990.