office. part of the broad assault of the basic mechanics of democracy and representation. as the washington post reported, trump allies are working to install their supporters, like david perdue, quote, in key elections post across the country. part of a wave republican contenders who embrace the former president's false assertion about the 2020 election. donald trump is looking for collaborators. he wants collaborators for his next run at american representative government to destroy it. and he's getting them in droves. senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island who serves in the judiciary committee, just wrote this opinion piece of the boston globe of the upcoming first ever summit for democracy. the state department will convene to help fortify democracies and help fight against things like corruption and authoritarianism. senator, you are obviously a colleague of david perdue before he lost that election. in a free and fair election of