The Washington Post is upset with Andres Manuel López Obrador. Because Obrador is demanding a recount in an election with several irregularities (if not cases of fraud), the Post suggests he is Stalinist, anti-democratic and threatens to move the country back to authoritarianism.

The Post Editorial stated that Obrador has made “wild charges” in his dispute with the preliminary election results and states “international and independent Mexican observers detected no such abuse,” as if there were absolutely no experts that disagreed with those the Post talked to.

But as UpsideDownWorld reported in early July, there are quite a few reasons why a recount would be warranted. They include: