This week, Brazil made history by convicting and sentencing its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a coup to remain in power. MSNBC analyst Ben Rhodes stresses the global significance of this moment for democracies everywhere—and the urgent lessons the United States must learn about holding lawless leaders accountable. “I think it’s important for us to do some soul-searching in this country,” Rhodes said. “If you give authoritarians an inch, they take a mile.”

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