{"id":1194961,"date":"2022-01-06T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194961"},"modified":"2022-01-06T18:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:04:22","slug":"usaid-chief-samantha-power-my-job-is-harder-today-than-it-was-before-january-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usaid-chief-samantha-power-my-job-is-harder-today-than-it-was-before-january-6\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID Chief Samantha Power: My Job Is \u2018Harder Today than It Was Before\u2019 January 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusaid-chief-samantha-power-my-job-is-harder-today-than-it-was-before-january-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194961&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/aug3-21-Samantha-Power-administrator-us-agency-international-development-USAID-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Samantha Power claimed her agency\u2019s work is \u201charder today than it was before\u201d the January 6 Capitol riots on the anniversary of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Power characterized the Capitol riots as an attack on democracy and claimed that the lesson of the event was that \u201cdemocracy must be defended,\u201d according to a letter obtained by Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA violent mob, consumed by lies and incited by peddlers of conspiracy theories, breached our nation\u2019s Capitol in an attempt to overturn the will of the people and prevent a transfer of power that is a hallmark of our democracy,\u201d Power wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Power said those involved in the riots did \u201cgrievous harm\u201d to \u201cconfidence in the strength of American democracy.\u201d She further claimed the event caused damage to the country\u2019s global standing among other nations and the \u201cimportance of nonviolent political transitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized the impact January 6 had on America\u2019s global standing once more, claiming, \u201cWe have since seen autocrats wield the events of January 6 to diminish America\u2019s leadership and delegitimize our efforts to support global democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As head of USAID, Power is one of America\u2019s representatives on the world stage. Her duties include monitoring the United States\u2019 response to \u201cconflict and humanitarian crises; and democratic backsliding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Power is a longtime diplomat who previously represented America internationally while serving as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations during the Obama-Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Powers\u2019 views on January 6 mirror her former boss, former President Barack Obama. Obama&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/barack-obama-democracy-greater-risk-today-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a>, \u201cour democracy is at greater risk today than it was back then,\u201d on the event\u2019s anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Power similarly alleged that the events of January 6 made her job at USAID more challenging than it would otherwise be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no question that our work at USAID to promote democratic processes and ideals is harder today than it was before the insurrection,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Power described democracy as an \u201congoing journey,\u201d then posited that the United States\u2019 \u201cdivisions and setbacks\u201d are good reasons for the country to address alleged domestic threats to democracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our own nation\u2019s divisions and setbacks should encourage us to both confront the urgent threats to democracy at home and to approach others on the journey with humility. But we should never doubt the virtue of our pursuit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She commended Congress for certifying the 2020 election results following the breach of the Capitol. Power concluded her letter by claiming the lesson January 6 teaches us is \u201cthat democracy must be defended.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Samantha Power claimed her agency\u2019s work is \u201charder today than it was before\u201d the January 6 Capitol riots on the anniversary of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}