Dear John,

I just watched the oval office meeting between President Trump, Vice President Vance and President Zelensky of Ukraine. I'm sure you've read about it by now or seen video clips of Vance and Trump attempting to humiliate Zelensky in front of the global press.

One thing is clear: Trump and JD are thugs. And this ambush of Zelensky at the White House will do deep damage to Ukraine, to our allies and to the U.S.

Openly ridiculing and demeaning a man who has kept his country alive for three years against all the odds is a national embarrassment and runs counter to our own security interests. But they could care less that Ukraine was invaded by Russia — the second biggest military power on the planet — led by a ruthless dictator willing to sacrifice soldiers and civilians by the hundreds of thousands. Trump and JD were trying to look tough even though it’s clear that Zelensky was the strongest man in the room. The guy who was supposed to lose to Russia in a matter of hours or days is still there, fighting. As are the brave Ukrainian soldiers on the front line.

We help Ukraine because it’s the right thing to do for a fellow democracy that is suffering a brutal invasion AND because if Ukraine were to fall, the next fight would be on the front lines of our NATO allies and our military would be treaty-bound to join the war. In other words, Ukraine is shouldering the total cost in terms of the fighting, the lives forever damaged and the lives lost so that we and our European allies don’t have to.

Trump and Vance are not only abandoning Ukraine. They are abandoning the security of our country. Today they made it much more likely that our service members will be fighting again in Europe, 80 years after countless brave Americans helped liberate the continent and make it safe for democracy.

Shameful.

It's up to us to engage members of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans -- and push them to fight back against Trump's disastrous foreign policy. It's up to us to engage voters across Texas who will decide the balance of power in the U.S. Congress after 2026. It's up to us to do the work to save our country at this moment of truth.

I hope you will join us by signing up to volunteer today.

Thank you,

Beto