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First District congressional candidate Heather Mizeur (D) rebuked incumbent Rep. Andy Harris (R) on Friday for speaking to a conservative conference taking place in Hungary. In a statement, she accused him of being an embarrassment and a 鈥渇ailed鈥� representative who clings to 鈥渞adical鈥� views.
CPAC Hungary, a three-day event in Budapest, features Hungarian leader Viktor Orb谩n and Fox talk show host Tucker Carlson, both of whom have embraced race-conscious immigration and abortion policies that are gaining traction on the right.
Harris criticized abortion-rights supporters during his speech but he made no mention of 鈥渞eplacement theory,鈥� which holds, among other things, that more restrictive abortion laws would help the U.S. replenish its supply of white babies.
The six-term lawmaker, the only Republican in Maryland鈥檚 congressional delegation, did warn of the threats posed by 鈥渨oke political correctness,鈥� Marxism and socialism.
鈥淗istory has taught our countries that these ideologies have failed in every age and destroyed every nation that they have entered,鈥� he said. 鈥淥ur countries are each engaged in a renewed fight to remove these corrosive elements from our way of life, our classrooms, corporate boardrooms, entertainment events and even the media.鈥�
Harris said that children are 鈥渃oming under increasing attack by left-leaning educational and political indoctrination,鈥� and he applauded Hungary for 鈥渟trategically鈥� avoiding war, inflation and 鈥渃ultural, moral and even intellectual decline.鈥�
Harris鈥� six-minute speech, which included a heavy-metal guitar track, was delivered remotely. The lawmaker is co-chair of the Hungarian-American Congressional Caucus.
Although journalists were denied entry to the conference, the gathering generated headlines when CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp appeared to embrace the idea that immigration threatens to 鈥渞eplace鈥� white people in the U.S.
鈥淚f you say there is a population problem in a country, but you鈥檙e killing millions of your own people through legalized abortion every year, if that were to be reduced, some of that problem is solved,鈥� Schlapp said, according to vice.com. 鈥淵ou have millions of people who can take many of these jobs. How come no one brings that up? If you鈥檙e worried about this quote-unquote replacement, why don鈥檛 we start there? Start with allowing our own people to live.鈥�
Orban has emerged as a hero to many American conservatives, who have been exposed to him largely through Carlson. A recent New York Times analysis concluded that Carlson鈥檚 show 鈥渕ay be the most racist show in the history of cable news 鈥� and also, by some measures, the most successful.鈥�
Several other Republican figures are speaking at the conference, including other members of Congress, and Mark Meadows, President Trump鈥檚 last chief of staff.
In her statement, Mizeur sought to tie Harris to Orban, calling him 鈥淗arris鈥檚 political idol.鈥� She also sought to tie the Harris to the massacre at a Western New York supermarket, noting that Carlson鈥檚 show 鈥渨as cited by the killer who opened fired in a supermarket in a predominantly black area in Buffalo last week.鈥�
Two calls to Harris鈥檚 new spokeswoman, Anna Adamian, were not returned as of Friday afternoon.
Mizeur and David Harden are competing in the July 19 Democratic primary for the right to run against Harris in November.
鈥淎ndy Harris is a dangerous extremist. His votes are not within the mainstream views of the First District. He is radical and hypocritical,鈥� Mizeur concluded. 鈥淗e claims to support Ukraine but is speaking today in Hungary with Tucker Carlson to lavish praise on Putin鈥檚 greatest European ally. None of this is acceptable.鈥�
