The NY Times editorial board has a piece explaining how opponents of Trump should do what Peter Magyar did to expel the monster.
But they draw the usual tactful [aka terrified] veil over one of the larger items.
The second lesson may be harder for Democrats — and center-left parties in Europe — to absorb. Mr. Magyar, who identifies as center right, won partly by avoiding the social progressivism that dominates elite left-leaning circles and alienates many voters. He ran as an economic progressive and a cultural moderate if not conservative.
He used patriotic symbols like the flag and benefited from having a last name that means “Hungarian.” (Imagine a candidate named “Joe American.”) He portrayed himself as a nationalist and suggested he might expel Slovakia’s ambassador over its treatment of Hungarians living there. He campaigned in rural areas that Mr. Orban’s previous challengers had overlooked. Mr. Magyar promised not to send troops or weapons to Ukraine. He declined to attend a Pride march in Budapest, making it harder for Mr. Orban to paint him as captive to L.G.B.T.Q. activists.
There it is. Forced teaming strikes again. LGB activism is one thing and T activism is quite another. The T makes the LGB radioactive for a lot of people. It’s not helpful for mainstream media to keep pretending that the two are inseparable.
We certainly do not endorse all of Mr. Magyar’s tactics, and we hope no American politician would feel the need to avoid a Pride march.
Yes but a Pride march is one thing and a Trans Pride march is quite another.
Mr. Magyar is one of many contemporary politicians who have won elections with a mix of economic progressivism and social moderation. Other national candidates have done so in the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and elsewhere. In the United States, as we have documented, congressional Democrats who have won tough races in recent years almost all offered feisty economic messages while rejecting far-left positions on crime, immigration and other subjects
They’re afraid to say it. “and other subjects” – they mean the T. Don’t say it! Don’t touch the third rail!