Democracy’s global beacon dims

The twisted narrative of an illegitimate US presidential election is ricocheting across the globe. The University of North Carolina’s Zeynep Tufekci talks with The World’s Marco Werman about how allegations of voter fraud in the US are bolstering populists and autocrats around the world.

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