Americans are mostly united on Ukraine. We need the same unity on America.
This is a crucial moment to stand up for the ideals in our Constitution.
What former President Donald Trump, various GOP senators and representatives and Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, have done and continue to do is the gravest threat to our Constitution in 150 years. If we cannot unify around that truth and see past our divisions, then our democracy is in danger of dying by suicide.
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans across political persuasions came together, putting many divisions aside and standing as one. After Russian President Vladimir Putin rolled his military across the border into Ukraine unprovoked and in potential violation of international law and norms, killing civilians and causing a massive humanitarian crisis, Americans of different political stripes stood together, many laying aside partisan differences.
Yet this has not been the case when it comes to the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol or the ongoing attacks on our democracy facilitated with continuous lies about “stolen elections” and “election fraud.” While a majority of Americans have serious concerns that our democracy is failing, Americans are ever more divided over the appropriate response. And that division is something we cannot ignore.
Read the rest of my op-ed here.
We can't negotiate with the MAGA/GOP any more than we can with Putin. 80 million did not vote in 2020. That is a larger number than who voted for Trump. We need to inspire them to vote. The majority of non-voters are Democrats and non-Right Wing Independents.
What is wrong with us that we can't learn from human history??? Are we incapable of understanding that the pursuit of money and power will destroy us yet again?