Nancy Pelosi warns of threats facing democracy, including Russia and China, at Dublin event

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at Deerfield Residence, the US ambassador to Ireland’s residence in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dà³naill/The Irish Times Former speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi warned of the various threats facing democracy, including autocratic governments in Russia and China, at an event in Dublin. "Right now, in a big picture, we're in a competition between autocracy and democracy, and I have no doubt that that fight is on," she said. "It take many manifestations: some of it, [Vladimir] Putin just using brutal force, going in [to Ukraine]. Some of…