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My promise to you is that I will continue to show up. No matter what.

That's why we all need to keep showing up. It's why we need to keep sharing our opinions, building our community, and staying true to the vision of a better life that has motivated the best aspects of American history.

It's easy to forget that when everything is going more or less ok. But we absolutely cannot hide or shrink back when our democracy is under threat. An attack on any elected official is an attack on you, your rights, and our democracy. It's an attack on all of us.

But I also feel resolve. I serve because I love my town, my state, and my country. I serve because I love my fellow Americans. Courage is the cost of admission for elected officials, and it's the price of participation in a democracy for all of us.

I feel anxious because I am an elected official in a country where people may want to hurt or kill me because they disagree with me.

Right now I feel sadness and anxiety. I am sad for the people who were injured and killed, for their families and friends, and for all of us who have to live in a country where this happens all too often to people who aren't also politicians.

Thanks @michaelgparker.bsky.social for the invite!