At a State Department press briefing on Monday, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attempting to ban an LGBTQ pride parade.
00:00I just appreciate that. In one other case, a free expression, Hungary. Prime Minister Orban, who of course is a close ally of the president, tried to ban a pride parade this weekend. Tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people came out. Does the U.S. have a view on that? Do you think that it's justified to ban an LGBTQ pride parade?
00:17Well, you know, when the vice president or any of us speak about the nature of policy or I think what's important regarding freedom of expression, that's our plan and what we feel is important to convey.
00:30And then what countries do is their business. Events happen all over the world, as we know, every day, which the United States has no comment about.
00:38And we have nothing to add on this matter. But again, I think it's about what other countries do, the choices they make with their nations and what citizens do and how they respond to that.
00:53With respect, I mean, the U.S. did criticize the U.K. over bans on anti-abortion protesters. Is there any contradiction?
01:00Well, again, I'm not going to speak to individual situations or instances or comments that are made.
01:06Again, we have events that happen all the time all over the world, which which might be worth commenting on.
01:13But we don't comment on all of them, I think, for a very good reason. Yes, sir.
