(#5511) Tyranny advances while republicans dither

      Rome burns while Nero fiddles. We have all heard this phrase at one time or another in our lives. The idea seems absurd and totally disconnected from reality yet that is exactly what is happening to Ukrainians as their country burns while republicans turn their backs to them. All republicans in the house have to do is allow a vote on a bill that passed the Senate with a vast bipartisan majority. President Biden said he would sign the bill immediately after the House passes it. But no, the republicans in the House prefer to do nothing while tyranny rages on! I don't know who needs to hear this but if you care at all about free will and the rights attributed to free will then you will be shocked to learn that republicans aren't that concerned about freedom and liberty as rights.
     The republican Party is willing to let democracy die in Ukraine in order to consolidate power here in America. They are not leaders these republicans, they are followers! Who is it that they follow? None other than the disgraced failed trump and his deranged view of liking our enemies over our allies. I don't get that as a rational human being but I do understand that it must be stopped and regular order returned to our societies. Democracy is the crucible of which our values are formed and refined. Without democracy we are left with strongmen who would dictate to all of us who we are to be and how we are to function in their mastery over us.
     I perceive a crossroad where we here in America must decide what is to be done with the obstruction and chaos of what republicanism has become. They are no longer a functioning respected party of ideals and compassions exemplified by democratic values. Instead they are in disarray. Their core values are not of the melting pot ideal that formed our nation. They have allowed for themselves to be arbiters of others while not offering examples worthy of being heralded. We democrats, who are fighting to protect and defend life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all, will need to rise up and become a mighty force that can vanquish the world's despots and the republicans who otherwise support them.