They want you to give up hope. Don’t. Time is on our side against Trump.

Steve Marmel
Aug 26, 2017 · 2 min read
When this piece started

You’re going to wake up feeling hopeless today. About Arpaio. About the Trans military ban. I know. I get it. It’s terrible.
But stay strong.
This is a marathon.
Trump is not smart.
He will fall.

Executive orders can be rewritten.
Policies returned.
A new POTUS can undo much.
Laws we have to stop.
2018 & 2020 matter.
We need to stay strong.

I’m not re-litigating 2016.
2018 & 2020 are coming.
We need to fight like allies in a war.
And allies don’t have to agree on everything.
So regardless of where you stood, we need to stand together.

Because monsters will be pardoned.
People will be targeted and hurt.
Trump will grift us for years.
But we still have the bones of a democracy in our nation.

One day, Trump will be out.
Someone decent will fix as much as possible.
For now, we have to hold the line.
Protect the targeted.

People are being hurt.
We need to be a wall between Trump’s hate and people.
Stall it out until we can re-America America.
We can do it.

I know it sounds pollyannic. We all read the list of terrible things that are throwing us into an Authoritarian regime.
And we should be aware of that. Because we have to fight it.

But the other choice is surrender.
So let’s do this.
Work on AND offline.
Keep our eyes on 2018, 2020 and this:

I will find the groups I feel I can do the most good in.
Devote time and voice To #FlipTheHouse.
Both the Congress AND the White House.

I urge you to do the same.

So today, in the wake of all the terrible that happened… try to wake up resolved.
How you can help? Who you can defend? Ally with?
Stop the truly irreversible.
Don’t sit idly by.
Remember.

Yes it’s been 41 terrible weeks.
But since I started this thread 37 mins passed.
41 weeks/37 less minutes of Trump.

No matter how rich or powerful, Trump can’t create more time.
A clock is ticking.
He will be the past.
Fight.
Make the future worth it.

When it ended

Time flies when you’re having fun. But it also flies regardless.

Let’s fight the fights we can win, run out the clock until he’s done and then we can work together on a better tomorrow.

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