"No one can walk away. We must stay in the fight, every one of us."
That's what Vice President Kamala Harris told a gathering of young leaders in Maryland this week as the Biden administration entered its final month.
The broader public would do well to heed this message because President-elect Donald Trump isn't waiting until his inauguration to begin a crusade of retribution against his perceived enemies and any entity that tries to hold him accountable.
And yet, rather than girding ourselves against Trump's torrent of threats and promises of revenge, too many of us are rolling out the welcome mat.
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