{"id":1906959,"date":"2023-03-29T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-democracies-are-getting-stronger-cites-midterm-elections-as-example\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T23:29:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:29:41","slug":"biden-says-democracies-are-getting-stronger-cites-midterm-elections-as-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-democracies-are-getting-stronger-cites-midterm-elections-as-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says Democracies \u2018Are Getting Stronger,\u2019 Cites Midterm Elections as Example"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-says-democracies-are-getting-stronger-cites-midterm-elections-as-example%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=1906959&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0329\/ec771a48-a306-4d74-812b-c7693700caf4\/audio.mp3?length=4728429&#038;duration=394\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden boasted that democracies are \u201cgetting stronger, not weaker\u201d and cited how voters \u201crejected the voices of extremism\u201d in last November\u2019s midterm elections as one sign of progress during a session at the second Summit for Democracy on March 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we can say, with pride, democracies of the world are getting stronger, not weaker,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAutocracies of the world are getting weaker, not stronger. That\u2019s a direct result of all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States has demonstrated that democracy can still do \u201cbig things\u201d by \u201cbringing down the cost of prescription drugs and health insurance premiums, rebuilding America\u2019s infrastructure, driving innovation and tackling the climate crisis while all upgrading good union jobs,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also demonstrating the resilience of American democracy during our free fair and secure elections last fall, America\u2019s first national election since the Jan. 6 attack in our capital,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoters resoundingly and roundly rejected the voices of extremism attacking and undermining our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5149395\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript> President Joe Biden speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Canada, on March 24, 2023. (Andrej Ivanov\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden highlighted his signing of the Electoral Count Act \u201cto ensure American elections continue to reflect the will of the American people and protect the peaceful transfer of power\u201d and added that \u201cwe\u2019re gonna keep working to further strengthen protections\u201d by working to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>The first summit, which Biden hosted, took place in December 2021. Since then, countries around the world have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia has invaded Ukraine, sparking a war that continues.<\/p>\n<h2>Some Allies Not Invited<\/h2>\n<p>Biden is hosting the second event with four leaders from four continents\u2014President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, President Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica, President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea, and Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, 120 countries were invited to participate.<\/p>\n<p>American allies Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Singapore; and NATO allies Turkey and Hungary, were not invited.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials said that summit invitations are not intended \u201cto define which countries are and aren\u2019t democracies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an incredibly broad swath of countries invited to participate in this process, from those with deeply consolidated democracies all the way through governments that have some democratic institutions and some non-democratic institutions,\u201d a National Security Council official said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in all cases, what we\u2019re looking for is [the] positive will to move in the right direction, and we really want to use the summit itself and the process to put wind in the sails of actors who are interested in positive steps in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden delivered opening remarks from the White House in the morning to start a day that featured the five co-host nations holding hybrid regional virtual forums with leaders around the world.<\/p>\n<p>At the Global Challenges to Democracy session, Biden was joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of seven other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Angola\u2019s initiative to establish an independent judiciary, Croatia\u2019s effort to bolster government transparency, and the Dominican Republic\u2019s steps to curb corruption are among the examples of how democracies are thriving around the globe, Biden said.<\/p>\n<h2>Advancing Democracy Around the World<\/h2>\n<p>In his opening remarks early on March 29, Biden announced that the United States will spend $690 million to strengthen democracy programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the course of three years, my administration intends to work with Congress to commit $9.5 billion across all our efforts to advance democracy around the world,\u201d Biden added. \u201cWe\u2019re all safer when that occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the United States and 10 other nations have reached an agreement on the guiding principles for how governments should use surveillance technology.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Biden signed an executive order that prohibits U.S. federal agencies from using commercially developed spyware that poses risks to national security and threats of \u201cforeign actors\u201d to allow \u201chuman rights abuses\u201d around the world, the White House announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we gathered here in December of 2021, the sentiment in too many places around the world was that democracies\u2019 best days were behind us,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this year, we can say there\u2019s a different story to tell, thanks to the commitment of leaders gathered today and the persistence of people in every region of the world, demanding their rights be respected, and voices be heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing real indications that we\u2019re turning the tide,\u201d Biden added. \u201cOur job is to keep building on our progress so we don\u2019t start heading in the wrong direction again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other notable speakers at the summit on March 29 include U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are among the notable speakers at summit sessions on March 29.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4579975\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript> South Korea\u2019s President Yoon Suk-yeol in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yoon guided a session on economic growth and shared prosperity; Rutte will lead a panel about democracy in justice systems; Hichilema hosted a session about delivering democracy through strong institutions; and Robles directed a discussion on how democracy supports inclusion and equality.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the events on March 30, the United States will direct three sessions on Advancing Technology for Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will make opening and closing remarks while Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines will be among the featured speakers.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea will host the next summit, the White House announced in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States and the Republic of Korea share deep bonds, rooted in our common democratic values and respect for human rights, and we are committed to further strengthening our robust political, economic, security, and people-to-people ties,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent years, the Republic of Korea has emerged as a global leader, in no small part because of the enduring commitment of the Korean people to increasing governmental transparency, ensuring effective checks and balances, and developing laws that are responsive to public needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden boasted that democracies are \u201cgetting stronger, not weaker\u201d and cited how voters \u201crejected the voices of extremism\u201d in last November\u2019s midterm elections as one sign of progress during a session at the second Summit for Democracy on March 29. \u201cToday, we can say, with pride, democracies of the world are getting stronger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":1906960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[10905,3620,7381,20198,6571,7427,8935],"class_list":["post-1906959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-are","tag-biden","tag-cites","tag-democracies","tag-elections","tag-midterm","tag-stronger"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906959","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\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1906960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}