Vance tries to boost ailing MAGA ally ahead of Hungary election

Vice President JD Vance repeatedly said he didn’t come to Hungary to tell people how to vote in their looming election.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Vice President JD Vance repeatedly said he didn’t come to Hungary to tell people how to vote in their looming election.

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That changed during the barnstorming finale of his speech in Budapest late Tuesday.

“Will you stand for sovereignty and democracy, for truth and for the God of our forefathers?” Vance asked the Hungarian voters, cheered on by a standing ovation and whoops reverberating around the city’s MTK Sportpark arena. “Then, my friends, go to the polls this weekend, stand with Viktor Orbán, because he stands for you, and he stands for all these things.”