THIS STORY WAS PUBLISHED ON MEDIUM.
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No day contains only one thing, even in our tiny neck of the woods in the middle of America. Yesterday, we woke to the horrific news of political assassinations in Minnesota, just to our north.
The man who executed Democratic State legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, attacked all Americans. Assassination is an assault against our community life.
I believe in the possibility of public life, what we call politics. It’s not a pejorative word. It’s how we work through our differences, peacefully. For most of human history, the WE in charge was a singular figure, a Pharaoh, a Pope, or a King.
It was decidedly not The People.
So, in the afternoon, joining millions, and under the protection of the Constitution, we assembled, marched, spoke, and petitioned.
Against a President who is acting unlawfully.
A made-up strongman.
