“And we live in a Democratic Republic, not a true Democracy.”
Actually, we are Representative Republic. No democratic anything there at all.
Yes, but our elected representatives have a moral duty to represent us, not rule against us! The point of a representative republic, is not to select tyrants who think they have the right, once elected, to forever do as they please, and as well, doing whatever they need to do to maintain themselves in power in perpetuity.