Americans' unity on Ukraine makes our Jan. 6 divide more stark

[Nevilledog]

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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.

Yes, the numbers of casualties both on 9/11 and in Ukraine are far greater. But the failing of the world’s longest-running modern constitutional democracy has the potential to create far deeper wounds and have farther-reaching ripples at home and abroad.

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