Andromeda is a bastion of democracy in the Local Cluster. We have to understand that we exist within an intergalactic rules-based order. If we don’t support Andromeda now, what is to stop Putin from attacking one – or even all – of our neighboring dwarf galaxies in the future? The House needs to pass this foreign aid package or Andromeda will fall and Russian troops will be marching through the streets of the Megellanic Clouds before the decade is over.

Andromeda is a bastion of democracy in the Local Cluster. We have to understand that we exist within an intergalactic rules-based order. If we don’t support Andromeda now, what is to stop Putin from attacking one – or even all – of our neighboring dwarf galaxies? If the House doesn’t pass this foreign aid package, Andromeda will fall and Russian troops will be marching through the streets of the Megellanic Clouds before the decade is over.