EU: Progressive Globalists Celebrate Turnout at Budapest Pride, While Majority of Hungarians Back Ban

Globalist newspapers and media outlets are celebrating the massive turnout at Budapest Pride as a resounding defeat for Viktor Orbán, but reality tells a very different tale.

The event drew an impressive 100,000 participants, shattering the previous record of 35,000. However, reports confirmed a significant influx of foreigners, spurred by Ursula von der Leyen’s public statement, with 70 European Parliament members, activist Greta Thunberg, and other outsiders joining the march.

The parade featured a provocative performance by two drag queens, dancing to profanity-laced music. It kicked off with a startling display of public indecency as one performer bent over, pulling down his shorts, and revealed scant women’s lingerie.

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, a liberal opposition figure, seized the stage to deliver a pointed political message. “If you can ban a Pride event in a single European Union Member State, then no citizen in Europe is safe,” he declared.

Karácsony cleverly circumvented Orbán’s legislation, which empowered police to ban LGBTQ+ marches under a child protection framework and threatened fines up to 200,000 HUF ($590 USD).

By labeling the event a municipal celebration of Hungary’s 1991 liberation from Soviet rule, he argued it required no police permits, exploiting a legal gray area to sidestep the national ban.

This maneuver appears to place the event outside the new law’s jurisdiction, shielding participants from fines if Karácsony opts not to enforce it. Orbán responded with a measured concession: “We have informed everyone, everyone knows the legislation. The rest is the responsibility of the authorities, politics no longer has anything to do here.”

Despite globalist enthusiasm, the domestic mood seems to favor Orbán over the pride marchers.

Publicus Research, a left-leaning Hungarian pollster, backed Orbán’s stance, revealing that 51% of Hungarians support banning pride events.

A right-leaning pollster, Nézőpont Institute, echoed similar findings, with 51% favoring restrictions on pride parades to protect children and only 43% disagreeing. This suggests Orbán has won the public debate on pride, despite the event’s scale.

The TISZA Party, an emerging force aiming to unseat Orbán, faces challenges, with 53% of undecided voters opposing pride. Meanwhile, 81% of TISZA supporters back the event, and party leader Péter Magyar taunted Orbán on Instagram, dubbing him the “Pride King” amid the record turnout, a stance that could alienate Hungary’s family-oriented culture.

Globalists may exploit the event’s optics to attack Orbán, but the truth will emerge at the ballot box. Even leftist analysts cannot obscure that most Hungarians prioritize family values over pride, particularly as TISZA’s polling numbers begin to falter.

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