Democracy Is Surprisingly Easy to Undermine
Here’s a quiz: Which world leader made the following statements?
“We are witnessing the greatest election fraud in the history of the country, in my opinion in the history of any democracy.”
“This may be the most important speech I’ve ever made. I want to provide an update on our ongoing efforts to expose … tremendous voter fraud and irregularities.”
“The election will be flipped, dear friends.”
If you guessed Donald Trump, you are only one-third right. The was made by Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister, soon after his opponents formed a parliamentary coalition to oust him. He has since grudgingly made way for a new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, but he hasn’t conceded that his loss was fair. The came from Keiko Fujimori, a daughter of Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s former autocratic leader. She also just lost an election,. It comes from a speech he delivered on December 2, in which he detailed “tremendous voter fraud and irregularities” at great length. Although Trump stepped down, he has also yet to admit that he lost.
