Join me in condemning all political and racially motivated violence. Join me in repudiating the killing of Charlie Kirk. Join me in repudiating the killing of Melissa Hortman and her husband. Join me in repudiating the two attacks on Donald Trump. Join me in repudiating the near-fatal hammer attack on Paul Pelosi. Join me in condemning the fatal assault on Congress in 2021. Join me in repudiating the attempted kidnapping of Governor Whitmer. Join me in repudiating the killing of Aaron Danielson. Join me in repudiating the killing of George Floyd. Join me in repudiating the 2019 killings of 23 Latinos in an El Paso Walmart. Join me in repudiating the killing of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville. Join me in repudiating the killing of Lieutenant Richard Collins III. Join me in repudiating the attack on Rep. Steve Scalise. Join me in repudiating the killing of Clementa Pinckney and 8 fellow parishioners in 2015. Join me in repudiating the 2012 killing of six Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek WI. Join me in repudiating the 2011 attack on Gabby Giffords which left her maimed and her staffer dead. And so many more.
Join me in sorrow for all the communities, families, parents, siblings and children whose lives were forever changed by this violence. Join me in sorrow for the erosion of comity and community that are central to our national identity, and to our very survival. Join me in the conviction that we can rebuild a sense of common values, and save the nation that we all love.
E pluribus unum my friends, my neighbors, my brothers and sisters. E pluribus unum, sine qua non.
Will Irace