Public Attack on Zelenskyy Wasn’t Appropriate

I have been a lifelong Republican. As a Vietnam combat veteran and former law enforcement officer, I have been a proud American all my life.

Watching the spectacle that took place in the White House on Feb. 28 has made me ashamed to be a Republican and an American.

When Ukraine was attacked, and it appeared Russia would overtake their country, we Americans stepped up and vowed to help the Ukrainians, which rallied their people to fight on.

Because we Americans promised to support them until Putin was defeated, they sacrificed hundreds of thousands of their soldiers and civilians. Our country’s loudest supporters were our Republican leaders. They encouraged the Ukrainian people to fight on and to sacrifice.

These Republican leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate as well as the governors now are silent, afraid to stand as proud men and women, cowards to position and power. Because we change presidents should not change our country’s promises. I, for one, will change my political support and mourn the hundreds of thousands dead and homeless because we changed presidents.

Dick Meredith
Wysox, PA

Printed in the Towanda Daily Review on 3/5/25

(Posted with the permission of the author)