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demmiblue

(39,789 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:01 PM 15 hrs ago

Incredible scenes from the Hungarian metro:

Euphoria in Budapest after the opposition’s victory against the ruZZian Orban.

Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets to celebrate 🥳

Incredible scenes from the Hungarian metro.

#Budapest #Hungary #Elections #OppositionVictory #Orban #Breaking #Europe #Politics #Putin #OrbanOut #EU

Kungahuset (@kungahuset.bsky.social) 2026-04-12T21:35:18.089Z

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Incredible scenes from the Hungarian metro: (Original Post) demmiblue 15 hrs ago OP
I can hardly wait until we can do something like that Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #1
Niyad & all will be popping bubbly... SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #4
Yep ..my Raspberry Sparkletini was especially effervescent today,! BattleRow 14 hrs ago #5
Oh MAN, No KIDDING!!! calimary 14 hrs ago #7
Orban is lucky he didn't end up like Ceausescu dalton99a 15 hrs ago #2
He still could, though. . . DinahMoeHum 13 hrs ago #13
Came here to say this AllyCat 12 hrs ago #15
Russians, go home sounds on Budapest metro - a 1956 reference muriel_volestrangler 15 hrs ago #3
ETTD OMGWTF 14 hrs ago #6
Only thing bigger will be when Trump dies. paleotn 14 hrs ago #8
+1 dalton99a 13 hrs ago #12
NEXT nwliberalkiwi 14 hrs ago #9
Oh I love that! I'm so happy for them!! liberalla 13 hrs ago #10
What a beautiful sight! denvine 13 hrs ago #11
Looks like mostly young people. llmart 12 hrs ago #14
Halfway through the video I was grinning so hard my had to ask "What are you watching?" I'd love to be there and..... FadedMullet 12 hrs ago #16
I hope the mood is this jubilant here in November Warpy 12 hrs ago #17
Thank you for sharing, demmiblue. Buddyzbuddy 12 hrs ago #18
Power to the people. We love what you've done to throw a dictator out! ffr 12 hrs ago #19

Ocelot II

(130,740 posts)
1. I can hardly wait until we can do something like that
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:06 PM
15 hrs ago

for whatever good reason comes first. I'm so ready to party! Yay, Hungary!

calimary

(90,243 posts)
7. Oh MAN, No KIDDING!!!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:02 PM
14 hrs ago

I’ll be out there celebrating and cheering loud enough to be heard for blocks!!!

muriel_volestrangler

(106,305 posts)
3. Russians, go home sounds on Budapest metro - a 1956 reference
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:09 PM
15 hrs ago
“Ruszkik, haza” – Russians, go home! – is the latest chant to sound at Kossuth Lajos metro platform as another train comes and goes overflowing with people.

The slogan – originally from the 1956 Hungarian revolution – was adopted by Orban’s critics during the campaign as a sign of protest against his government’s close ties with Russia.

There are also some other songs that are somewhat more explicitly anti-Orbàn.

One guy slides down the escalator’s mechanism in a way I thought was only possible in cartoons.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/hungary-election-latest-results-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza-russia-europe-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69dc00488f08a86a0e564701#block-69dc00488f08a86a0e564701

paleotn

(22,342 posts)
8. Only thing bigger will be when Trump dies.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:04 PM
14 hrs ago

Now THAT'S going to be one hell of a party! In the meantime, enjoy, Hungarians! And welcome back to the civilized world. Orban was dragging you down. Glad you dumped him once and for all.

llmart

(17,637 posts)
14. Looks like mostly young people.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:20 PM
12 hrs ago

I want to see that from our young people too! If they were to vote in massive numbers we would be on the right track.

FadedMullet

(956 posts)
16. Halfway through the video I was grinning so hard my had to ask "What are you watching?" I'd love to be there and.....
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:59 PM
12 hrs ago

.......share in their joy. Waiting until the second Tuesday of November 2028 is going to be a real burden just in and of itself.

Warpy

(114,630 posts)
17. I hope the mood is this jubilant here in November
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:04 PM
12 hrs ago

I sure didn't see much celebrating in November 2024 when that fat dimwit got back in

Buddyzbuddy

(2,705 posts)
18. Thank you for sharing, demmiblue.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:04 PM
12 hrs ago

That was exhilarating to watch. After 16 years, I wonder what finally did it for them?

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