From the sub-summary...

... Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) condemned members of his own party for embracing a "cult of personality" around Hungary's authoritarian leader Viktor Orbn on the Senate floor. ...

Yeah ... and?

So Sen McConnell identified a problem.

What solution did he propose?

More from the cited article...

... "I've spoken before about Hungary's decade-long drift into the orbit of the West's most determined adversaries," McConnell said on the Senate floor. "It's an alarming trend. And nobody -- certainly not the American conservatives who increasingly form a cult of personality around Prime Minister Viktor Orbn -- can pretend not to see it."

Though McConnell did not call out Donald Trump by name, the former president and many of his Republican allies have praised the autocratic Hungarian leader, especially for his stances against immigration and attacks on LGBTQ+ and abortion rights.

The former president has met with the Hungarian leader multiple times, most recently at Mar-a-Lago this summer. During the debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month, Trump praised Orbn as "one of the most respected men" and a "strong man."

McConnell reprimanded the NATO member on Wednesday for its relationships with China, Russia and Iran. China was Hungary's single biggest investor in 2023 and Hungary borrowed $1 billion from Chinese banks last spring, POLITICO previously reported.

"Hungary's leaders aren't cozying up to Moscow, Beijing and Tehran in private. They're doing it publicly and vocally as well," said McConnell.

The minority leader added that Orbn "doesn't just admire" Russian President Vladimir Putin " "He helps him. His government runs interference for Moscow, gumming up European and transatlantic efforts to combat Russia's unlawful aggression at every turn." ...

@#7

OK, I put off replying to this comment because, well, wow, such great questions and comments. I'm not sure I am up to the task of answering them. But lemme try...

... However, the GOP members of Congress are still terrified of Trump's big mouth and will remain so until the voters kick the whole kit-and-caboodle out of office . ...

Yeah, that's the biggie.

Fmr Pres Trump seems to have tapped into, and has grown due to, a nasty side of the Country. And he has exploited that nasty side for his benefit. And the GOP seems to be cowards in their lack of opposition of that nasty side.

Why?

Maybe the threats of violence that some have experienced if they do not go along with fmr Pres Trump. (and, for starters, major kudos to those election officials who have not backed down in spite of the threats)

... I know it's against good governance but considering that one party, the GOP, has waged an open war on the Constitution itself, ...

It is one person, the cult leader, fmr Pres Trump.

The GOP just goes along because they do not appear to have the cojones to object to what fmr Pres Trump is doing to the Country.

This song just popped up on the playlist. Apropos?

@#11 ... Trump is just the battering ram for the GOP. It's the GOP who wants a one-party authoritarian rule forever. ...

If you say, "the current Trump GOP," I would agree.

I do want to draw the distinction between the current Trump GOP, and the GOP that preceded fmr Pres Trump.

While I did not always agree with that prior GOP, I will say that they did not storm the Capitol to overthrow the Constitution.

@#13 ... The previous gop flew in people to storm the vote count in florida in 2000. ...

OK, I should be more specific. :)

When I said, the previous GOP, I was speaking of the GOP of the last century, i.e., pre-2000.

Back then I was a registered Republican.

But what I saw occurring in the GOP in the post-2000 era (starting with the formation of the Tea Party (and the early misogamy of the Tea Party, before it became "the quiet part")) led me to re-register here in CT as an unaffiliated voter.