Our Constitutional Republic faces a clear and present danger more deadly than that of the Civil War. The danger is the Republican Party, a "political party" that has sold out to white supremacy, autocracy, misogyny, and hatred of everything our Nation stands for. Republicans dismiss any sense of a common American narrative. The "Republican Party" is an outlier in our history – ideologically extreme; contemptuous of social and economic policies that have sustained us for a century; unwilling to compromise; dismissive of evidence, fact, and science; dismissive of the legitimacy of any viewpoint except their own. America needs to face the simple, frightening fact that the Republican Party is a clear and present danger to our Constitutional Republic.

On the anniversary of the tragic deaths of 13 Americans in Afghanistan, let’s remember:

Trump not Biden. Negotiated directly with the Taliban terrorists and excluded the Afghan government from the negotiations.

Trump not Biden.. Drew down US forces from 13,000 to 2,500, making them more vulnerable to attack.

Trump not Biden. Ordered the release of 5,000 Taliban fighters from Afghan prisons, one of whom became the new Taliban leader of Afghanistan.

Trump not Biden. Wanted to invite the Taliban leaders to Camp David on the anniversary of September 11. Yes, he did.

Trump not Biden. Agreed to a May 1 exit from Afghanistan, then bragged that he did not need an exit strategy.

Trump not Biden. Refused to brief Biden’s incoming administration on the situation in Afghanistan.

Trump not Biden. Shut down every airbase in Afghanistan except one, crippling the US ability to extract our people safely as well as severely limiting the amount of equipment that could be withdrawn on the short time line established by Trump.