January 6th Hearing Thoughts – From Revolution to Redemption
“My fellow Americans” – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first president to use that phrase in his inauguration speech of 1933. It was intended to serve as a reminder to all of us that no matter how divided we may be on particular issues or in troubled times that we are all Americans, part of the American Experiment.
Like many of us in recent times I have begun to wonder if this is still true. Are we all still Americans, still tied together by our common beliefs and of the vision of creating a “more perfect union?” I have begun to doubt.
Today I watched the January 6th hearing and, to my surprise, I found hope in the testimony of two men who, until recently, were on the opposite side of an ideological fence from me: Stephen Ayres, a man who has already pleaded guilty to one charge of disorderly conduct (he faced a number of additional and more serious charges for breaking into the Capitol) and Jason Van Tatenhove, a man who had served as a spokesperson for the Oath Keepers.
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Source: Beyond Barriers