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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lili Bayer

US ambassador accuses Hungary’s PM of using anti-LGBTQ ‘machinery of fear’

David Pressman holds the flagpole of an American flag during a Pride march
Pressman was originally scheduled to give his speech at the Hungarian parliament building, but was blocked by a senior member of Orbán’s ruling party. Photograph: Márton Mónus/Reuters

The US ambassador in Budapest has accused the government of Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orbán, of using a “machinery of fear” to launch legal and rhetorical attacks on the LGBTQ community.

“Fear is something those who seek to undermine democracy trade on, and their currency is too often you and your families,” David Pressman said at a family Pride event at the ambassador’s residence.

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