CNN’s Avlon: ‘Dissidents Say That Trump’s Attempt to Overturn the [U.S.] Election Has Emboldened Autocrats Around the World’

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AVLON: “As Gambian dissident Fatou Jaw Manneh writes, 'It wasn't just American influence that made me demand better from the Gambian government. It was knowing that America was there that made me believe that I could succeed. Imperfect and as unequal as it may be,' she says, 'the United States is still the most potent global force for freedom, and without it, the world faces a dark future.' And that's why it's sobering and important to confront the crisis of faith in our democracy stoked by Donald Trump's lies about the election that resulted in the attack on our Capitol. Dissidents say that Trump's attempt to overturn the election has emboldened autocrats around the world.”