Ronald Reagan’s farewell address. “ I’ve spoken of the shining city all of my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind swept, God blessed and 1/https://twitter.com/ktumulty/status/1287126655606108161 …
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Soldiers. Reagan was born in 1911. He would know precisely what he was looking at in this Summer of 2020. He would look at Trump and he would see a Fascist. It is time for all of America to wake up. We are a nation where the rule of law must always be supreme. We are 4/
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A government OF THE PEOPLE , BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. We tell the government what to do in this country. The President is a servant not a master. We are in an hour of peril like no other in our history. Trump is threatening the deployment of 75,000 heavily armed and 5/
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Outrageously militarized Federal goons into America’s cities. It is nothing less than a politicized invasion of America by stormtroopers who look increasingly indistinguishable from fascist brown shirts and black shirts in their actions. Policing is a civilian function. The 6/
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Charter is to “protect and serve”. This is the domain of local, county and state agencies. What is happening is sinister, illiberal and frightening. Trump, Barr and Wolfe are probing the perimeter to see what they can get away with. Reagan observed that freedom is always 7/
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One generation away from being extinguished. It is up to the American people to stand in the breach now. It is up to the American people to rise and say NEVER! Not here, Not Now. Not ever. The Reagan foundation has repudiated Trump because they know that Reagan would have 8/
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Fought Trump with all his might. He would recognize that Trump is a Constitutional vandal and a Divisive political arsonist. He would have recognized that Trump is a destroyer of the city on the hill. He would have disagreed with
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That Biden is a builder and that he will strengthen our burning city. Let us all come together and “ cause good trouble”. Let us link arms and put down our differences to save our Country from Trump. Let us rejoice in the privilege of fighting for worthy causes and for
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A very good and worthy man, Joe Biden. There has long been a rhetorical question around fascism. It was, could it happen here? Friends, it is happening here and we have to stop it in its’ tracks. 101 days from now we will find out if we have lost America. Fight! Organize! Vote!
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You alter history. I remember listening to Reagan at Repub conventions and thinking “this man will start a race war.” He was always blowing a dog whistle & seemed to me very typical GOP-White supremacist. Thx for Lincoln Project, but you are still complicit
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I wonder if you ever really think about the extent to which you, Reagan, Bush, all who refused to just understand all we wanted was a fair shot at your vision of this city, are responsible for this nightmare you now rightfully decry. And your responsibility to name what you did.
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