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J. D. Vance: “We have never threatened Hungary, saying, if you don't vote…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 12:15

Even though we have, of course, a lot of economic power in the United States of America, we are the economic and military superpower of the world. We have never threatened Hungary, saying, if you don't vote for Viktor Orban, you're not going to get this and this. We would never do that because we respect the Hungarian people enough to respect their sovereignty. The fact that so many foreign actors, whether they're transnational organizations like the bureaucrats in Brussels, or whether it's foreign governments are literally threatening the Hungarian people. (12:15–12:22)

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Asserts that the U.S. has never threatened Hungary with consequences based on election outcomes.

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