Orbán calls for “fewer drag queens and more Chuck Norris” in Texas

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called for a fight against liberals in the USA and equated them with communists.

"We need a total defense," Orbán said on Thursday in Dallas at the start of a conference of right-wing conservatives.

Orbán spoke of a “culture war”.

»If anyone has doubts whether progressive liberals and communists are the same, just ask us Hungarians (...) They are the same.

So we have to defeat them again.” Orbán repeatedly used war rhetoric in his speech.

Orbán received loud applause from the several hundred spectators in the hall.

He described himself as an "old-fashioned freedom fighter" and claimed that his country was under siege by "progressive liberals."

"We need more rangers, fewer drag queens and more Chuck Norris," Orbán continued.

Chuck Norris is an American action film star.

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“You must be brave.

If you're afraid, you have a job to do," he said to his US hosts.

"The only thing we Hungarians can show you is how we can defend ourselves according to our own rules."

Trump and Bannon should also speak

The "Conservative Political Action Conference" is a regular meeting of right-wing conservatives, which also attracts numerous supporters of former US President Donald Trump and conspiracy theorists.

At the meeting, which lasts until Sunday, Trump will also speak on Saturday evening.

He and Orbán have already met in New Jersey this week.

Also expected are Trump companion Steve Bannon, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, known for right-wing conspiracy theories, and arch-conservative former governor of Alaska and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

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