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Alexei Navalny’s Spirit Must Live On In Us

February 22, 2024 · 8:14 am ET · Leave a Comment

Reed Galen: “No one is asking you to go to prison for your beliefs. No one is asking you to risk physical harm, either. If your reason for sitting out 2024 if you’re worried about Trump’s ‘retribution’ you are helping bring about that reality. If you’re unwilling to work with people who were once your opponents or with you have a disagreement, you’re the problem.”

“Now is the time for all of us to ask not whether we have the talent, or the money, or the experience for this fight. The question we must each ask ourselves is if we have the will to pursue it to its end.”

“If you think you’ve done all you can or should in this fight, you’re wrong. If you think you’ve sacrificed all you have have for American democracy, you haven’t. If being offended by a troll or a bot is too much for you, I respectfully ask that you read the myriad stories about what Alexei Navalny represented and what he endured. Mean Tweets don’t make the list.”

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