My fellow Americans, there comes a moment in every generation when silence itself becomes a choice. Tonight, that silence ends. For too long, truth has been pushed to the margins while noise, anger, and division have filled the airwaves. But truth, real truth, does not fade. It waits. It watches. And when the time comes, it demands a voice. I stand before you not as a former president seeking applause, not as a politician chasing headlines, but as a citizen. One who still believes in the promise of this nation. A nation that through all its trials still carries the heartbeat of decency. A nation that still remembers who we are when the cameras are off and the crowds go home. And yet I come here knowing that promise has been tested like never before. has a way of surviving. It doesn't need a microphone. It needs conviction. and conviction once awakened cannot be silenced. We watched, didn't we? We watched as the Oval Office became a stage. As tweets replaced policy, as insults replaced empathy. We saw a man so consumed with image that he forgot the very people who put him there. It wasn't about the farmer in lowa or the nurse in Detroit or the teacher in Atlanta. It was about the reflection in the mirror and the illusion that power could substitute for purpose. But power without purpose is an empty thing. It fills the headlines but empties the heart of a nation. You see, when you take the oath of office, you don't swear allegiance to yourself. You swear allegiance to the people. You raise your that covenant again and again. And the cost wasn't measured in polls. It was measured in faith. Faith in our democracy, faith in one another, faith that the system could still work for ordinary people. And when that faith cracks, the whole foundation trembles. But here's the thing about America. But we tremble, yes, but we do not fall. We get up, we rebuild, we this country's story was never about one man. It was about the millions who refuse to surrender to despair. I've seen it. I've seen the single mother working double shifts to keep her kids in school. I've seen the young organizer knocking on doors in the rain because they believe their voice still matters. I've seen the soldier who doesn't care who you voted for, only that you make ithome safe. That's America. Not the chaos, not the shouting, but the quiet strength that holds when everything else breaks. But make no mistake, our democracy is not unbreakable. It's only as strong as the people willing to defend it. And for four years, we saw what happens when truth is traded for loyalty. When facts become fiction and fiction becomes gospel. We saw an remember. Because America where lies traveled faster than light and decency lagged behind in the shadows. We cannot afford that again. When I took the oath, I was told that leadership would test every part of who I was. What I didn't know then was that the real test wouldn't come while I was in office. It would come after when the institutions I swore to protect were placed under siege. When truth became a partisan weapon. And so tonight, I speak not just to the man who tried to bend that truth, but to every citizen who must now decide what kind of country we will be. Because this was never about Donald Trump alone. It's about the sickness that allowed someone like him to thrive. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-RD-lmEK4Cg&fbclid=IwVERTSANa-3pleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHkt82pzG4dTo6yWn_uWGixb3gKt0bNlINg7GfAka21O_B4jGwIKVBdjpLSwA_aem_TtdCtCqRWBo