A Resolution in Support of Ukraine and Condemnation of President Trump’s Shameful Behavior on February 28, 2025

Adopted on March 1, by leading independent organizations of Kansas Democrats, including the Kansas County Chairs Caucus, the Big First District Congressional District Caucus, and the Fourth District Congressional Caucus and passed by the State Committee: 

A Resolution in Support of Ukraine and Condemnation of President Trump’s Shameful Behavior on February 28, 2025 

WHEREAS, Ukraine has endured 3 years of murder at the hand of a soulless tyrant and aggressor, Russian President Vladimir Putin; and 

WHEREAS, the valor of Ukrainians has been an inspiration to free peoples, as exemplified by the dignity of their wartime leader, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; and 

WHEREAS, the people of Kansas share a kinship with Ukraine over our shared agricultural history and love of family and place; and 

WHEREAS, the current struggle in Ukraine tests the very foundations of North American and European Security; and 

WHEREAS, that foundation that was laid by such heartland patriots as Harry S Truman and Dwight D Eisenhower and which was sustained through the sacrifices over decades by United States military service members, including those both from and in Kansas; 

WHEREAS, Donald J. Trump stands poised to sell-out the Ukrainian people and destroy European security and unity for incomprehensible reasons; and 

WHEREAS, his depth of shame was put on full display in an Oval Office meeting on February 28th when Donald J. Trump and his Vice President, J.D. Vance tried to lay an ambush for President Zelenskyy with malice and premeditation to feed their demands for capitulation to Russian President Vladimir Putin; and 

WHEREAS, would-be tyrants, mercenaries and international criminals watch with satisfaction. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED IN SOLIDARITY WITH MANY OTHER INDEPENDENT KANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY ORGANIZATIONS, 

A. We CONDEMN the shameful behavior of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance towards Ukraine, on both February 28th, 2025, and in the months and years preceding. 

B. We CALL upon our fellow Kansans, of all political affiliations, to recommit themselves to the principles of integrity and protection of free societies. 

C. We DEMAND that our elected officials in Washington, including Senators Moran and Marshall, stand firmly against any moves to abandon Kyiv at this moment of peril. 

D. We PLEDGE our own honor, commitment and dedication to the erasure of this time of shame and cowardice.