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Video: Can 'Chicken-Man' Win Election?

• 11 Mar 2018 2:00 PM

Below you can see an entertaining Euronews video about the English-speaking feather-wearing candidate running for MP in the upcoming Hungarian election.

József Tichy-Rács told Euronews exactly what inspired him to don a chicken suit and enter April's political race. 

Why? "I think people in Hungary have lost trust in human politicians, so it's reasonable to assume they'll trust a chicken or a dog," he told Euronews.

"We are the most serious party in the history of Hungarian politics," continued the chicken candidate...

The independent candidate's "Two-tailed Dog Party" also has candidates running dressed as a gorilla and Father Christmas.

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