New Zealand Socialist Jacinda Ardern, in Power After a Sham Election, Gets Warm Welcome from Biden https://t.co/jYD7PqKbkY — Patti King (@PattiK29) June 1, 2022 Exerpt Discussions surrounding a potential delay in elections gripped many countries around the world that year, including the United States, where then-President Donald Trump received stern condemnations from the left for suggesting changing the election date. Ardern followed through with what Trump had mused about, but received no similar criticism. Ardern’s New Zealand – though the election date change was later revealed to be against the wishes of the national Electoral Commission and significantly hindered opposition parties’ campaign – consistently ranks among the world’s most politically free states. Ardern used her election landslide in 2020 to impose even harsher lockdown restrictions, some of which a New Zealand court deemed illegal in April. Speaking at Harvard University last week, she defende...