George W. Bush: “She fought tirelessly to increase funding for Alzheimer's research and raise public awareness of the disease.”

That is the America I know.

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

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

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.