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Since arriving in America seventy-one years ago, I have developed a deep love for this country; that devotion is typical of the millions of other immigrants and refugees who have enriched our land and added new sources of energy and strength to it.
Like other Americans, I expect the president to try and unite our country. It’s part of any chief executive’s job description. It’s what the “U” stands for in USA.
But today, we have a leader who either doesn’t understand, or doesn’t care, about the responsibilities of his office.
We have a president who is dividing our country and dehumanizing those with whom he disagrees. That is dangerous and wrong.
As a refugee whose family fled Fascism and Communism, I learned early in life that there is much evil in this world. But I also learned early about a land across the sea where freedom was cherished and whose ideals inspired people all over the world.
The time has come for all of us, from every part of the political spectrum, to reclaim America’s proud heritage by saying no to division and hate and by participating actively in our democracy on behalf of the common good.
Today, we have a president who does not speak for us; we must, therefore, speak up for ourselves.
