This is so pompously written, it's almost impossible to read. Look at the last sentence. "In order to resolve a setback as consequential and severe as an attack on democracy by the president itself requires a substantially more generous sense of political commitment on account of leaders and citizens than what's typically expected of them."

I suspect something has ruined your sense of style and given you the idea that the more syllables in a word the better, the more deponent clauses in a sentence the wiser, and that the passive voice is king. Academia?

As far as I can make out, I think you're right. Here's another version of your last sentence: "The attack on democracy by the president himself is consequential and a major setback. We need a more generous sense of political commitment from our leaders and citizens than what's typically expected of them."

Work on it. You'll get better.