A CALL TO ARMS: YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO MEET ON FRIDAY

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

Tired of Republican social media, politicians and media pundits bashing  Hispanics, Blacks, women, the LGBTQ community and immigrants and shove their extremist, far-right retro-agenda on local, state and national governments?

Tired of having local Republican politicians stand silently by as Texan Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature and party adopt a resolution that calls for the state to – illegally – have Texas secede from the United States in obvious violation of the oaths they took to protect the Union and the U.S. Constitution?

It's time that our Democratic elected officials – from justices of the peace to county court-at-law judges, district judges, sheriffs, constables, county commissioners, county and district clerks – lead by example and unite all our people to counter this trend that seeks to deprive the people of their rights and freedoms.

We need to stop the spread of exclusive, neo-conservative philosophies that seek to pass laws aimed at turning back the clock to the times when a dominant group excluded the poor, subjugated women to a subservient status denying them control over their own bodies, and kept power in the hands of the few by gerrymandering voting districts seeking to dilute their vote and to restrict the voting rights of the poor, Hispanics and other minorities.

They can call themselves the party of Lincoln, but in reality, by their actions, they have shown us that they are seeking to divide the people and incite a civil war instead of uniting our country. They spew a "replacement" ideology and feel that their group is entitled to an exalted,  dominant position and to the best benefits made possible by the labor of the rest of the country.

One congressional Republican candidate even believes the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election even as overwhelming evidence and more than 60 lawsuit claiming voting fraud have been turned down by the courts, some of them presided by Trump appointees. Mayra Flores has called democrats "traitors" and President Joe Biden a "criminal" and has spread the QAnon conspiracy theories. 

As the January 6 hearings have shown, some Republican congressmen and state and federal government administrators conspired with Trump in a failed attempt to have the election overturned and keep the most anti-Hispanic president in history in power in spite of having lost the popular vote by some 6 million votes. In other words, to ignore the will of the people and impose a dictatorship on our nation. 

Too many soldiers of all races and creeds have given their lives to preserve our democracy for us to allow this to happen. It's time to make a stand and unite to counter these seditious, exclusive philosophies and Republican politicians.

Show that we still believe in democracy, that our fallen service men and women did not die in vain, and that those that serve today are not serving to deprive their fellow citizens of the rights they are serving to protect.

It's up to all of us – and most importantly our young people – to say "No" to these extreme-right tendencies and make a stand for inclusivity, social progress, and a brighter future for all the people, not just for those who believe that they can impose their far-right views and deprive the people of the rights that so many have died to preserve.

We need everyone – American's sons and daughters – to unite and make a stand for our country. Join us tomorrow and join hands with us and organize a resistance and work to bring out the vote this November against the Republican efforts to turn back the clock on progress. See you there. Let's show them that "Si se puede!