This moment — this election — is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.”Of course, we knew then that our nation had deep political differences, and would continue to. Only the most naive among us would have expected the election of the first African American president to come about with no backlash. President Obama, I understand your reluctance to weigh in on Trump’s latest transgression. President Obama, what we need more than anything else right now is someone who can lift the country’s sights again. Let us keep that promise, that American promise, and in the words of scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.”Find your voice again.

Source: Washington Post July 15, 2019 22:21 UTC