𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 | 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 I grew up during the Cold War. I am a patriot and a veteran who served in a noncombat role in a Central American war zone during the Soviet- and Cuban-backed conflicts in El Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980s. Defending my country meant something to me then. It still does. America has made mistakes, compromised its principles, and done business with despots. I know that history. But defending democracy, opposing tyranny, and standing with free people gave our alliances a purpose. Russia, Cuba, Iran, China, and North Korea were adversaries for reasons rooted in how their regimes treated their own people and threatened others. Our NATO partners and democratic allies were countries whose freedom and security we understood were connected to our own. Trump has turned that on its head. His admiration for dictators, contempt for democratic allies, and willingness to subordinate American principles to personal flattery and self-enrichment repulse me. I did not serve this country to watch its president grovel before the authoritarian regimes we spent generations resisting. His contempt for constitutional government is just as offensive. He treats the rule of law, the Constitution, and the separation of powers as obstacles to his whims. Checks and balances exist to restrain presidential power, including his. His ill-informed impulses and retaliatory outbursts demonstrate exactly why those restraints are necessary. There is no policy he can enact, tax cut he can offer, or amount of money he can put in my pocket that will purchase my acceptance of this betrayal. My patriotism and my principles are not for sale. Vote yours during the 2026 Midterms. #OSINT #2026MidtermElections