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Steve Schmidt
@SteveSchmidtSES
Link to tweet
Do Not Be Afraid. Do Not Tremble. Do Not Waiver. Do not doubt either the goodness of our people or the possibilities for our future. Do not let small men with tyranny and malice in their heart (@realDonaldTrump) or hypocrites with no core (@VP) make you afraid for our future
or of your countrymen and women. Do not let the fascists, racists and conspiracy theorists make you afraid of your neighbors or the strangers who could be your friend. We should all be grateful that we have been chosen by this rancid and dangerous hour to stand up and fight.
What we do now matters. Our Capitol is occupied by a cabal of small and low men and women who have betrayed all of us, the American experiment, their oaths and basic decency in service of a corrupt and malignant cult of personality that is vandalizing our principles, ideals,
Inheritance, future and fundamental goodness. 200,000 of our country men and women are dead. At least 150,000 of them could be alive but for Trumps lethal lying and the immoral; supine complicity of his collaborators and enablers. Let us resolve to rise up and strike down
Trumpism. Let us put it down with righteous anger and fury. Let us resolve to never let this happen again. Let us do our duty as American citizens. Let us be conscious that we are called to safe action when we consider the blood, sacrifice and courage of ordinary people who
Stood their ground on a field in Lexington and Gettysburg. The men who stormed the beaches of Normandy and dropped from the skies over France to crush fascism are smiling at our cause. The men and women who taught the world the meaning of the words human dignity as they
Protested segregation, absorbed the beatings and marched across the Edmund Pettus bridge are watching and judging us. We are in the right and for the right. We are fighting for the good. Trumpism is UNAMERICAN. It is illiberal, demagogic,dishonest, cruel, corrupt and disgusting
Let us strike it down. We will. Vote. @ProjectLincoln @JoeBiden @votevets @actblue @RVAT2020 @crookedmedia @prioritiesUSA
@PodSaveAmerica @PaulBegala @JamesCarville @davidplouffe @davidaxelrod. Have joy in this fight. RBG is with her husband again. She is arguing with Scalia
and meeting Washington and Lincoln. Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas are there. Susan b Anthony is there and so is Elise Wiesel. A great champion of freedom has arrived in heaven. Her work is done. Her burden is now ours. Let us honor her legacy by doing our duty.
@ProjectLincoln
FIGHT, REGISTER, VOTE. I DISSENT are the most American of words. Thank you Madame Justice. May your memory be a blessing. We all know that it is.
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A lot of people don't read Twitter. Share the link, email to friends far and wide. Steve Schmidt's post could motivate a lot of people in tight races to vote like their lives depend on it. Because they do.
KS Toronado
(16,900 posts)Sogo
(4,960 posts)Blue Owl
(49,902 posts)Danmel
(4,892 posts)BComplex
(7,977 posts)He's leading the charge on this one.
nevergiveup
(4,744 posts)I can not believe Steve Schmidt brought me to tears.
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)And her spirit makes us stronger and more determined than ever.
cayugafalls
(5,629 posts)That was inspiring. Steve has a way with words.
I am glad he is on the side of America in this fight.
moonscape
(4,664 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)I needed to read this today. Well said.
😢😢😢
George II
(67,782 posts)But what it tells me is that he, like hundreds of millions of us, are AMERICANS first!
jaxexpat
(6,699 posts)cp
(6,536 posts)dchill
(38,315 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Losing both Rep Lewis and Justice Ginsburg has been a blow...
but We Shall Overcome!
Awesome words by Mr. Schmidt - thanks.
tazmaniac
(114 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts). . .and what our reaction should be.
https://threadreaderapp.com/user/SteveSchmidtSES
Stuart G
(38,357 posts)gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,250 posts)Thank you, for posting this inspiring and vital statement. Thanks to Steve Schmidt for writing it. He has captured the moment, in a profound way. We have our marching orders.
onetexan
(12,992 posts)"and meeting Washington and Lincoln. Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas are there. Susan b Anthony is there and so is Elise Wiesel. A great champion of freedom has arrived in heaven. Her work is done. Her burden is now ours. Let us honor her legacy by doing our duty."
thank you Steve Schmidt. I never thought i'd be thanking this Republican for his encouraging, calming words. I haven't slept well since i heard RBG's passing & needed it.
intheflow
(28,402 posts)so I doubt that's where she's hanging with Weisel. Not having even this basic religious literacy is part of 'Murca's problem. But the overall sentiment of this piece is outstanding, and very much captures my best hopes and dreams for the United States.
lastlib
(22,978 posts)If I didn't know better..........