Today, New York Senator Chuck Schumer penned an article on The Advocate offering words of consolation and motivation following the results of last week’s election. In the article, Sen. Schumer recognizes that he is not sure what the future holds, but he will do whatever he can do prevent backsliding on hard-won rights and to push back against national discourse that allows for anything less than full respect for Americans.
“There are many fellow citizens — the LGBT community, immigrants, communities of color, women, our young people, Democrats and progressives of all stripes — who are profoundly worried about what the future holds,” writes Schumer. “And following everything that was said during this campaign by our now president-elect, it is entirely reasonable to be nervous and even angry. I am not sure what will come next after so many fought so hard for so long to gain the right to say “love is love” no matter what. I am worried about what tomorrow holds and what this new administration may attempt to roll back.
“But I write to you today to say I will do all in my power to prevent any backsliding on hard-won rights and to push back against a national discourse that allows for anything less than a full measure of respect for all Americans and would-be Americans.”
Schumer continues, “Keep fighting; keep working; keep pushing for all LGBT Americans, all Muslim Americans, all Americans with disabilities, all Latino Americans, all African-Americans, all white-black-brown working-class Americans struggling to have a fair shot at the American dream. And keep in the back of your head the words preached by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’”
You can read the full story here on Advocate.com.
