Zack Beauchamp

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Lajos Simicska was a high school friend of Viktor Orbán's and a key political ally, instrumental in the prime minister's 2010 victory and power consolidation. By 2014, Simicska was one of Hungary's richest men — a media magnate who benefitted from significant state largesse. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Sometimes, I worry that I'm making this point too abstractly. So I'm going to tell a little story about someone who tried to challenge Orbán, and what happened to him, so you understand what I mean. His name is Lajos Simicska. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

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Orbán decided he didn't want to share power. Beginning around 2014, he attacked Simicska behind the scenes — a fight that went extremely public the next year, when Simicska's top deputies resigned en masse to avoid getting on the government's bad side. https://t.co/OizJNVEGo1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021