Well, That's That

posted by Etta Worthington

We had hope.
We had hope that at least there would be a favorable vote to allow witnesses in the Senate Impeachment Trial.
We had some hope.
We knew it was too much to hope that there would be enough votes to remove Trump from office. But we did hope there would be witnesses. John Bolton, for example.
And now, that slight hope has been dashed.

Maybe we are feeling as sick and grey and scared and hopeless as we did when we woke up November 8, 2016.
Maybe we just want to crawl into a hole.
Maybe we want to give up.
Maybe we want to leave the country.
Because we had hope
And now we don't. 
And maybe we just want to give up.

And maybe for a moment we do.
But only a moment.
Because what do we do when we are discouraged?
Stand up! Fight Back!
What do we do when it seems like are the cards are stacked against us?
Stand up! Fight Back!
What do we do when it seems like we are losing?
Stand up! Fight Back!
What do we do when it seems like the America we knew is fading away?
Stand up! Fight Back!
What do we do when it seems like truth and justice are lost?
Stand up! Fight Back!

We stand up and we fight back because we have our eyes on November 2020.
We stand up and fight back because we know that is the one way we can remove Trump from office. By voting him out.

So on this bleak and dreary winter day, will you stand up and fight back?
Will you register some people to vote?
Will you write postcards to voters?
Will you go canvassing for a candidate?
Will you make phone calls for a campaign?
Will you send texts?

Will you?
Will you stand up? Will you fight back?


Do you want to connect with others doing work to change things in November?  If you don't have a group, go here to find your closest Indivisible group.