Wednesday, July 6, 2022

America's Ambassador To Mexico Supports Mexican President Obrador's Claim That The Election Was Stolen From Him In 2006

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar and Mexican President López Obrador  

DNYUZ/New York Times: Has Biden’s Top Diplomat in Mexico Gone Too Far, Officials Ask? 

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s election czar delivered a message to the American ambassador: The Mexican president was mounting an all-out assault on the national elections authority, sowing doubt about a pillar of the country’s democracy.

But instead of expressing alarm, America’s top diplomat in Mexico took up one of the president’s lines of attack, entertaining claims that an election long in the past, in 2006, had been stolen from the Mexican leader. 

The ambassador, Ken Salazar, said in an interview that he was not convinced that the election was clean, challenging the stance of the United States at a time when democracy is under threat at home and across the hemisphere.  

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WNU Editor: Presidential elections being stolen is not the message that the Biden administration wants to send out right now when many in the U.S. believe the 2020 US Presidential election was stolen from President Trump. 

On a side note. Mexican President Obrador Obrador was one of the last world leaders to recognize and congratulate President Biden on his 2020 election win .... Brazil and Mexico presidents recognize Biden's victory after facing criticism (The Guardian).  

Update: The Mexican President is now publicly supporting US Ambassador Salazr against his US critics .... AMLO comes forward to defend US Ambassador Ken Salazar (Yucatan Times).

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