Ted Yoho: “We can support that movement, but we cannot do a top-down from America…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019

We can support that movement, but we cannot do a top-down from America that says, 'You need a democracy.'

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Emphasizing the need for local leadership in Haiti rather than imposing democracy from the U.S.

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Ted Yoho: “We can support that movement, but we cannot do a top-down from America that says, 'You need a democracy.'”