“Zelensky heads an elected government that came to power in free open competitive elections.”
The elections are so free and open in Ukraine that Zelensky:
* Banned most opposition political parties
* Shut down opposition TV stations
* Shut down all Russian language newspapers
* Tried to imprison leader of #2 vote getting party
* Successfully imprisoned leader of #3 vote getting party
Zelensky forgot to invade Russia.
Of course if he had done that, you might have a point. Except Putin is no champion of civil liberties and the free press, as he has even had journalists killed. And unlike Zelensky, the comedian, Putin is a serious man, a KGB officer, and Putin has invaded Ukraine and threatens everyone else around, demands of other countries that they submit to him in the same way the far left demands submission from citizens here. “Accomodate me because I am scared. You’re scary, you’re fascists, you must give up your weapons so we can feel safe and won’t have to attack you.” And this is convenient because if accommodated, that is exactly what Putin and leftists will do, because they can.