Posted on 01/17/2018 9:34:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON (AP) — Basic rights and political freedoms in the United States are deteriorating at a faster pace under President Donald Trump, exacerbated by attacks on key institutions like the press and the courts, according to a new report released Tuesday by Freedom House.
In its annual global assessment, the think tank slammed the Trump administration for withdrawing from America's "historical commitment to promoting and supporting democracy," calling it perhaps the most striking on a "long list of troubling developments" around the world in 2017. The report criticizes Trump for making false statements, refusing to disclose his taxes and other information, violating basic ethical standards and taking insufficient steps to counter Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who ran against Trump in the election, said he believed American institutions were strong enough to withstand attacks, but was concerned about Trump's weak support for NATO, the Iran nuclear deal and other global alliances that serve as bulwarks against authoritarian governments. Previewing the report, Kasich said he was also worried that Trump's frequent disparagement of the press and judiciary could send a signal to autocrats overseas that it's OK to delegitimize those institutions in their own countries.
"I would hope that over time, the people who are around the president would make clear that words matter," Kasich said on a conference call organized by Freedom House. "Sometimes when you're frustrated, it makes sense to sit on your hands or keep your mouth shut."
Freedom House, based in Washington, describes itself as a non-partisan watchdog group. Its annual report on the state of political freedoms examines countries around the world and has often focused on the decline of democracy abroad.
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Communist Agitators funded by Soros is probably more like it.
Blah blah blah
Horses***.
The Democratic freedoms to engage in Pay for Play, to kill leakers, to engage on corruption and fraud and never be called on any of them ... these are certainly in danger.
Yeah, we are no longer forced to buy insurance from private companies. One less freedom, right mr Obamugabe.
YAWN.
More resistance from the swamp.
The end of the democratic party..?
Yeah!
Am I correct that not a single journalist bashing Trump has been killed?
If all government (Fed and State) were abolished and dissolved overnight, this liberal think tank would insist that Freedom is dead and we are all now slaves.
What freedoms exactly have they lost? None. Now I do hope that we can remove some of their “freedoms” to abuse those who disagree with them. I’d like to see the courts remade so that all the lgbt bs that gives them the power to destroy Christian businesses is obliterated.
Editing the eneMedia for accuracy is a constant chore.
Soros’ lapdog
Like the freedom to come to the US illegally?
Founded by Eleanor Roosevelt. I stopped reading right there.
Kasich’s statement, on it’s face, is just plain stupid. Authoritarian dictators who would step on the press in their countries are going to do that anyway. They don’t take their cue from any American president. Friggen retarded.
Ah, but not Republican freedoms. We are a Republic MAGA!
The most important freedom there is to a leftist
the freedom to dish it out but not to take it.
‘Liberal freedoms in the press to misrepresent, omit and outright make up whole bunch of stuff’ that is.
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