News analysis: Biden convenes ‘democracy summit’ as America’s system grows imperiled
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has framed his agenda broadly as an endeavor that will show the world democracies can deliver. But as he convenes leaders from more than 100 countries in a virtual “Summit for Democracy” on Thursday, there are growing questions about the stability of America’s own democracy — and the credibility of a president proselytizing democratic values that no longer seem ...
by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times
Dec 09, 2021
4 minutes
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has framed his agenda broadly as an endeavor that will show the world democracies can deliver.
But as he convenes leaders from more than 100 countries in a virtual “Summit for Democracy” on Thursday, there are growing questions about the stability of America’s own democracy — and the credibility of a president proselytizing democratic values that no longer seem to unite his own country even as he tries to foster them across the globe.
Acknowledging the awkwardness of the U.S. hosting such a summit when its own democratic institutions are under assault, an administration official told reporters that “the United States is approaching the summit from
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