“It is also true that people in this country are not as mean…but yet when they see this kind of hatred and meanness normalized, they look around and wonder, well maybe that’s what my country is. Maybe actually my neighbors have signed up for this kind of inhumane treatment of human beings. And so this has got to be a multisystemic effort. And one of the things that we need to do is to show people that that is not who we are and it is OK for you to decide perhaps to align yourselves with folks who might not share your specific political values just because you don’t want this country to be defined by division and hatred, and the way that you give people confidence to do that is not just through politics, it’s by doing good works and showing folks that is actually who we are and this is who you should be as well…the rallies and the actions are important but just modeling the kind of behavior that actually is in the heart of human beings…it’s part of what a good resistance movement is.
— Senator Chris Murphy, February 8, 2025
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