WASHINGTON: Democracy faces"sustained and alarming challenges" worldwide, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday at the opening of a virtual summit on democracy with representatives from about 100 countries."We stand at an inflection point," Biden said."Will we allow the backward slide of rights and democracy to continue unchecked?"
The summit featured opening remarks from Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with representatives from about 100 governments, as well as non-governmental organisations, private businesses, philanthropic organisations and legislatures attending.His Republican predecessor Donald Trump continues a shocking campaign to disrupt US political norms and overturn the 2020 election in which he was defeated by Biden.
Deciding which other countries should be excluded from the summit for human rights abuses or vote rigging was also fraught.
he needs to ring that alarm on his head to wake up first.
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