We’re going to need heroes. A whole lot of them. We had some last time, after what happened four years ago. But we’re going to need more this time. Thousands of heroes, maybe millions.

We had Michael Fanone and Aquilino Gonell and Harry Dunn and Caroline Edwards. We had Rusty Bowers and Cassidy Hutchinson. We had Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. We had Brad Raffensperger and Gabriel Sterling. We had B.J. Pak and Al Schmidt and Chris Stirewalt. We had Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. We had Mike Pence. Heroes all. There were unsung heroes, too. We don’t know their names. But we’ll need more this time.

We’ll need generals who remain loyal to their oath and the American people, not to one man in an Oval Office. We’ll need soldiers and police officers and government agents who refuse to carry out unlawful orders intended to punish the innocent or violate civil rights. We’ll need lawyers and trial judges and appeals court judges and Supreme Court Justices who follow the law, not the dictates of an oppressive regime. We’ll need scientists and teachers who spread truth, not superstition or prejudice or illusion or fabrication. We’ll need representatives and senators who work for the common good, not special interests or personal gain or the advantage of one party or faction. We’ll need heroes.

We’ll need all fair-minded Americans to step up. Speak up and stand up, to do the right thing, to say no to hate and cruelty and greed and injustice. Heroes all. We need all of us. We all need all of us. We can be heroes. Together we can be.