President Joe Biden once again started yelling and rambling about the future of democracy, misstating one of his favorite talking points about democracies backsliding around the world.
“Well guess what? In the last ten years there’s fifteen fewer democracies in the world,” Biden said, before raising his voice. “Fewer. Not More, FEWER!”
BIDEN: “In the last. 10 years there’s 15 fewer democracies in the world. Fewer. Not More, FEWER!” pic.twitter.com/7UpAe2Wnjq
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The president spoke about Democracy during an event in Ohio to promote the economy.
Biden frequently expresses his concern about democracy backsliding, citing a Freedom House study that shows fewer democracies than 15 years ago.
“And as Freedom House will tell you, we have fewer democracies today than we did 15 years ago. Democracies are actually receding,” he…