No Kings 3: Start Believing Again
Who are we as a nation? When did we stop believing in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance?
When did we stop believing in all people’s unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? In the rejection of kings and tyranny?
When did we stop believing in the Bill of Rights, free speech, freedom of religion (or no religion), and a free press?
When did we stop believing in voting rights and civil rights, in the right to a fair and speedy trial, and the protection from illegal search and seizure?
When did we stop believing in liberty and justice for all? When did we stop welcoming immigrants and start hating them?
When did we stop believing in the value of public education, of a diversity of ideas, of the concepts of “love your neighbor” and “we’re all in this together”?
Today, roving bands of federal agents, with masks and guns and violent ways, attack us with impunity, arrest and imprison us unlawfully, kill us with the promise of immunity.
The president and his minions are bankrupting us with their tariffs and wars of choice and tax breaks for billionaires and millionaires. They are endangering us with cuts to social services; with the overturning of policies meant to protect our environment; with rhetoric and notions of white supremacy; with the decimation of public health.
“No Kings 3” is an opportunity to start believing again. If you’ve stopped believing in the promise of America, I hope you’ll ask yourself when that happened and why. If you want to believe again, join us on March 28 in seeking to reclaim the rights and aspirations expressed in our foundational documents. Because some of us still believe.