Boris Johnson praises 'vital' US democracy as he meets Pelosi

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued his U.S. tour on Wednesday with meetings with American lawmakers in the U.S. Capitol building where he praised democracy as 'vital' to the world.

Johnson sat down with Democratic and Republican lawmakers during his time on Capitol Hill.

As he met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, standing in the hallway outside her office that was overrun with insurrectionists on January 6th, Johnson praised the U.S. government for being an example to the world. 

'All my life America has stood for some ideals – freedom, equality, human rights, but above democracy. Democracy – the principle that people should choose their government and the people alone should choose their government,' Johnson said.

'There are plenty of parts of the world, where they didn't think democracy really matters that much – that you can have all sorts of systems that are just as good if not better. And I vehemently disagree and it is vital for the world that America

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