Protesters gather in Washington, DC on January 6, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s continued claims of election fraud. Photo: Los Angeles Times / TNS Protesters gather in Washington, DC on January 6, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s continued claims of election fraud. Photo: Los Angeles Times / TNS
Protesters gather in Washington, DC on January 6, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s continued claims of election fraud. Photo: Los Angeles Times / TNS
Aynne Kokas
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Aynne Kokas

Storming of US Capitol: US lawmakers advocating for democracy abroad must look closer to home

  • The violent attempt to overturn the results of a legal election is an attack on US democratic institutions
  • Republican lawmakers who have been passionate in supporting Hong Kong democracy protesters should not in good conscience support such attacks

Aynne Kokas
Aynne Kokas

Updated: 10:30am, 8 Jan, 2021

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Protesters gather in Washington, DC on January 6, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s continued claims of election fraud. Photo: Los Angeles Times / TNS Protesters gather in Washington, DC on January 6, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s continued claims of election fraud. Photo: Los Angeles Times / TNS
Protesters gather in Washington, DC on January 6, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s continued claims of election fraud. Photo: Los Angeles Times / TNS
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Aynne Kokas

Aynne Kokas

Aynne Kokas is a senior faculty fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs, a professor of Sino-US relations at University of Virginia, and a former fellow at the Library of Congress.