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The way the American liberal establishment reacted to Péter Magyar’s victory, you’d think it was Donald Trump, not Viktor Orbán, who had lost the Hungarian election this past Sunday. In elite Washington media circles, Magyar’s sweep was proof that the right-wing illiberalism pioneered by Orbán is not inevitable. It was a light in the darkness. It was a stinging repudiation of J.D. Vance. And, most of all, it was a template for how Democrats could take back power in 2028.
