A U.S. legislator blasted the anti-Semitism voiced by a Hungarian political party in the run-up to the nation’s April elections. The hate speech of the far-right Hungarian Justice and Life Party “will lead sooner or later to aggression, to violence, for this kind of propaganda always has an effect on societies,” Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) said during a visit to Budapest.
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