Washington, April 15 -- Congressman Steve Cohen issued the following press release:

Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the top House Democrat on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, took note of the spectacular defeat of Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban in Sunday's election, and condemned Vice President JD Vance's enthusiastic endorsement of the autocrat in the following statement:

"The pro-Putin, pro-Russian puppet autocrat who has made Hungary a corrupt pariah state over the past 16 years has been voted out of office. While I applaud the result and commend the courageous voters who tossed him out, I am aghast and offended that the Vice President of the United States endorsed him and campaigned with him last week even as hi...