GOP lawmaker asks State Dept to stop funding independent media in Hungary

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY MAX GREENWOOD - 01/09/18 11:35 AM EST

A GOP congressman is asking lawmakers to sign onto a letter urging the State Department to pull funding for independent media in Hungary.

In a "Dear Colleague" letter, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) decried actions by the U.S. that he said "distorted the record" of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, saying that the State Department's decision to put up funding for "opposition media" in the country amounted to meddling in the domestic politics of a democratic ally.

"Prime Minister Orban has been a vocal supporter of President Trump since early on in the campaign and Orban's approaches to many policy issues...closely mirror those of President Trump," Harris wrote in the letter, which was obtained by Politico Europe.

"Just as President Trump has declared 'America First' so too has Hungary pursued its own national interests, many times in the face of liberal, Soros funded, opposition," he added.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/368085-gop-lawmaker-asks-state-dept-to-stop-funding-independent-media-in-hungary

[Dopers_Greed]

1. The GOP is the party of despots

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Soros is the cause of all evil according to these fucksticks.

this Harris asshole is the only Pube in MD's Cong delegation. He is pro Roy, anti planned p'hood, anti Maya Angelou, anti net neutrality, anti cannabis...stop me if you've heard this before...

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Heil Hitler

They're doing everything but saying those words.

[AlexSFCA]

4. invoking soros is a dog wistle for altright