On the recordFebruary 28, 2017
What a wonderful country that we live in. It is wonderful because we have come--maybe some because of the Statue of Liberty's wonderful words or others who have come in different ways, we are different, but we are one. Tonight in his message, wouldn't it be well to focus on our unity and not our divisiveness? Since the election, there have been 1,000 hate crimes. And, of course, in the last 72 hours to last week, two Indo Americans-- Indians--engineers, one dead, one shot. And the perpetrator indicated in his words: I shot two Middle Easterners. What kind of hate is being generated? It has been generated, and it needs to cease. We need to have a speech tonight that will speak to the unity, speak against anti- Semitism and the attacks that are going on the Jewish community. We need to recognize the distinctions and the differences. We need to stop the siege against Hispanics, mass deportation, African-American discrimination and others, women and many others. This needs to be a time of unity, respect, and dignity. I will be waiting to hear and to see what kind of America are we going to be guided by and what kind of America will we live in? I hope for the best. ____________________
