Samuel L. Jackson: “I take no back seat to that, nor do I have any reason to take any suggestion that my Democratic colleagues do not stand…”

We are here in opposition to any racist agenda pursued by Republicans.

To the extent that our Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Joyce Beatty, was arrested, some of us will intend to do such in the coming weeks, because John Lewis did believe in nonviolent civil disobedience, and we must act.

I abhor the abuse of children.

I hope that the more we get to understand each other, even starting in early education, that we are a better nation, we are unified, and that we become the beloved community.