Jared Huffman: “We wanted to be a model for this country and for the world.”

I give her huge credit for standing up to Trump at a time when almost no other Republicans would do it. That courage was very real, but she also did the country a huge disservice with her Christian privilege.

Mr. Speaker, I think we have figured out the rhythm, the prime directive here for Republican governance these days. First, they slashed the services that working families actually depend on. Then they turn around and hand the savings over…

It’s a fantasy that airbrushes out the more complicated parts of our history – slavery, the Native American genocide, the actual secular ideals on which our government was founded. It wasn’t the opening of the clouds and some revealed…

We may not be able to undo the damage they've done to us and the national celebration, but we can do something very patriotic by reminding everyone that our government belongs to all of us, not to Donald Trump.