Biden to convene a summit of democracies in December

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President Biden will convene dozens of elected world leaders in December for a virtual summit that celebrates democracy and explores ways that like-minded nations can link arms against authoritarianism, fulfilling a campaign promise clouded by the coronavirus pandemic and the legacy of President Donald Trump.

The event will take place Dec. 9 and 10, and an administration official said invitations will go out within weeks.

The Summit for Democracy will “galvanize commitments and initiatives across three principal themes: defending against authoritarianism, fighting corruption, and promoting respect for human rights,” a White House statement said Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...84889a-fa27-11eb-943a-c5cf30d50e6a_story.html

Biden should have a voting rights bill he supports by then.
 
Biden had promised such an event early in his presidency as an answer to Trump and what he and other Democrats see as his predecessor’s undermining of democratic values and American leadership. Biden’s 2019 campaign pledge could not foresee the pandemic and its effects, nor did it envision the full measure of Trump’s effort to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
 
what a pile of hubris...oo ah... authoritarianism!! OMG! :laugh:

see anything in there about "America first?"
 
Autocrats, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, have pointed to the Jan. 6 attack to undermine Biden’s claim to moral high ground — but in a twist, they cite the arrests of the rioters as evidence that the United States punishes political dissenters.

It is doubtful that Putin will be invited to the summit, although he claims democratic legitimacy. It is not clear whether Biden will include other leaders with tarnished democratic credentials, such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
 
BidenPresident said:
Autocrats, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, have pointed to the Jan. 6 attack to undermine Biden’s claim to moral high ground — but in a twist, they cite the arrests of the rioters as evidence that the United States punishes political dissenters.

It is doubtful that Putin will be invited to the summit, although he claims democratic legitimacy. It is not clear whether Biden will include other leaders with tarnished democratic credentials, such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
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Orban is opposed to mass migrants ( unlike Germany)
Erdogan is probably Laughing his ass off @ "Authoritarianism"
Putin and China throw human rights right back at Biden and his charge America is "systemic racist"
 
Cinnabar said:
The only way to have a true democracy is to take the corporate bribery/lobbying money out of the politics of the USA. Neither party of this bat crap crazy two party system will ever allow that to happen.

How Money in Politics Destroys American Democracy
https://blendtw.com/money-politics-destroys-american-democracy/
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I would be fine with a genuine voting rights law. Everyone in America should be able to vote without interference of political parties.
 
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