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Global democracy ‘at stake’, says Nancy Pelosi on Dublin visit

Former speaker of the US House of Representatives says she is ‘certain’ Joe Biden will be reelected over her political rival Donald Trump

Nancy Pelosi: “Big picture, we’re in a competition between autocracy and democracy – have no doubt that that fight is on.” Picture: Brian Lawless

Democracy is at stake because of autocratic governments, Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the US House of Representatives, has said.

She was speaking at the residence of the US ambassador to Ireland, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, on Sunday, as she became the inaugural recipient of the Fulbright Ireland Public Service Award.

The Fulbright Commission is an educational exchange programme operated through a bilateral partnership of the US state department and the Irish Department of ...