As it became evident that Trump had lost both the popular and electoral vote in 2020, the point of all his years of falsely claiming voter fraud and rigged elections became clear: He asserted that the election had been stolen and set out to subvert it and block the peaceful transfer of power — anti-democratic actions unprecedented in American history. As former chair of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), the bipartisan commission dedicated to building effective representative institutions in developing democracies, I am particularly sensitive to the implications of a second Trump presidency for democracy worldwide and for America as its champion.