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bucolic_frolic

(42,651 posts)
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:29 PM Sep 2020

Steve Schmidt's Tweet Thread A call to duty

Last edited Sun Sep 20, 2020, 01:15 PM - Edit history (1)

Steve Schmidt
@SteveSchmidtSES




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 Trump’s 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 our’s. 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.
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Steve Schmidt's Tweet Thread A call to duty (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 OP
Excellent post! KS Toronado Sep 2020 #1
Tears.... Sogo Sep 2020 #2
Yes. n/t sarge43 Sep 2020 #16
K&R Blue Owl Sep 2020 #3
Shouldn't that be waver Danmel Sep 2020 #4
Steve Schmidt is so right about all of this. I think we should call him General Schmidt. BComplex Sep 2020 #5
Holy Crap!!! nevergiveup Sep 2020 #6
We are Ruthless. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #7
I DISSENT. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #8
Crying. Literally. nt/ moonscape Sep 2020 #9
Ditto. dixiechiken1 Sep 2020 #13
Very well done. That could have been written by a conservative, liberal, or dreaded "centrist"... George II Sep 2020 #10
It seems that he sees the situation as desperate. More so than last week. jaxexpat Sep 2020 #15
Thank you! cp Sep 2020 #11
Well, now. dchill Sep 2020 #12
Dissent Good Trouble. Tommymac Sep 2020 #14
I can hear the fife and drums in the background!! Excellent words Mr. Schmidt!!! tazmaniac Sep 2020 #17
Schmidt's last 3 Threadreaders have been about RBG. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2020 #18
K and R...Great Post. Great Words by Steve Schmitd Stuart G Sep 2020 #19
K&R! gademocrat7 Sep 2020 #20
What wonderful words wendyb-NC Sep 2020 #21
"She is arguing with Scalia " OMG i'm crying onetexan Sep 2020 #22
Jews don't believe in heaven, intheflow Sep 2020 #23
Shit, he almost sounds like a liberal. lastlib Sep 2020 #24
Rt! TY Steve Schmidt! Cha Sep 2020 #25
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #26
KNR and bookmarking. niyad Sep 2020 #27

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
5. Steve Schmidt is so right about all of this. I think we should call him General Schmidt.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:50 PM
Sep 2020

He's leading the charge on this one.

cayugafalls

(5,629 posts)
8. I DISSENT.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:58 PM
Sep 2020

That was inspiring. Steve has a way with words.

I am glad he is on the side of America in this fight.

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. Very well done. That could have been written by a conservative, liberal, or dreaded "centrist"...
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:59 PM
Sep 2020

But what it tells me is that he, like hundreds of millions of us, are AMERICANS first!

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
14. Dissent Good Trouble.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 01:11 PM
Sep 2020

Losing both Rep Lewis and Justice Ginsburg has been a blow...

but We Shall Overcome!

Awesome words by Mr. Schmidt - thanks.

wendyb-NC

(3,250 posts)
21. What wonderful words
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 01:48 PM
Sep 2020

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)
22. "She is arguing with Scalia " OMG i'm crying
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 02:16 PM
Sep 2020

"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 our’s. 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)
23. Jews don't believe in heaven,
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 02:52 PM
Sep 2020

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.

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