US democracy under assault: Lessons for Malaysia


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  • Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021

Trump supporters storming the US Capitol during a 'Stop the Steal' protest in Washington DC on Jan 6. — Reuters

AT 12 noon on Jan 20 (Pacific eastern time) Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States of America, taking the US into a new political era. But what happened at the US Capitol on Jan 6 will haunt the country forever.

What happened that day shook the world not by the magnitude of its violence but by the symbolism it represents.

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