“Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.” – George Washington, Washington’s Farewell Address, published in the Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser (September 19, 1796)

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In General Washington’s Farewell Address (first published under The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States), he admonishes our nation to work together in securing the bonds of our nation’s independence, freedoms and liberty. Much like the days we are living in, there was need to remind our fellow citizens that we should not regional or partisan loyalties divide our nation.

There is already talk from the Democratic Party of resistance and much hyperbole about the dangers of Trump’s second term. This is nonsense. Perhaps instead of being led astray, we should read again the words of this Farewell Address. To ease this possibility, the address may be found here: Farewell Address | The American Presidency Project

Voting solely on the lines of party loyalty is the very factionalism that George Washington sought to warn us against in devolving from our nation’s common interests. There is no need for the Democrats to engage in pettiness and revenge yet again. This is only stirred on by so-called leaders who are the very “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled” persons that are warned against in this address. They would take the reins of government, and have shown themselves as willing to destroy our economy and the operations of our government needed by all the nation.

For evidence of this, please consider the lawsuit filed in Florida in which it was found that the Democratic appointed head of FEMA instructed FEMA’s employees to skip home with Trump signs in their post-hurricane relief efforts. This cannot stand. We are one America, regardless of policy differences, and must remain united in acting justly, not with arbitrary, capricious behavior toward one another. Let us act with unity in resisting such malicious partisan actions and, also, in avoiding the influence of foreign powers, always with all of our nation’s best outcomes in mind. Our republic requires eternal vigilance for the good of all its citizens.