George W. Bush: “These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country…”

This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves.

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

That is the America I know.

On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting.