Move over, MAGA — it’s time to take America back 

Sixty years ago, after several women were attacked while walking alone after dark, Americans launched the “Take Back the Night” movement, drawing attention to the fact that rapists and thieves had stolen women’s right to feel safe in the simple act of walking home.    

Today, we need a broader “Take Back America” movement because thieves have stolen our ideals, standards, symbols and words. 

The far right cloaked itself in the American flag and made it a symbol of hatred, intolerance, racism and insurrection. We need to take it back. 

Seditionists and militant groups also rewrote the very concept of patriotism, despite trying to overthrow the Constitution and wanting America to become a far different country than the one described in the Declaration of Independence. We need to take back the title of “patriot.” 

Thugs wearing masks and badges have stolen the tranquility of life in American cities and neighborhoods. God bless the people of Minneapolis for showing us how to take it back. 

The MAGA movement and Donald Trump have stolen one of the nation’s two great political parties. Honorable and loyal Republicans need to take it back. 

Trump has stolen and defaced America’s reputation in the world. We are no longer proof that a free people can be trusted to govern themselves. We need to take back democracy and restore the nation’s mission as a global beacon of hope. 

Trump has stolen the prestige and honor of the presidency.  Past presidents have been far from perfect, but we expected them to obey the law, remain faithful to the Constitution, and have high standards for the........

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