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Dozens Return Hungary Award After 'Racist' Is Honored

The daughter of a former US congressman and Holocaust survivor is the latest to return the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit after the Hungarian government gave the award to publicist Zsolt Bayer. Honoring Bayer,...

by LibertiesEU
Zsolt Bayer (L) with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

The daughter of a former US congressman and Holocaust survivor is the latest to return the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit after the Hungarian government gave the award to publicist Zsolt Bayer. Honoring Bayer, who is known for his openly xenophobic and racist opinion articles, has caused 100 other recipients of the Hungarian state award to return it in protest. Katrina Lantos Swett, the congressman's daughter, said she hopes the action will make the government think twice about honoring someone who likened Roma to animals and said all Muslims older than 14 were "potential murderers."

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