are constantly being let down by everything and everyone. but i want to leave you with this. america s exceptionalism has always been soun by the ordinary americans who summoned courage in the face of fierce opposition to rewrite destiny. it s crazy horse fighting for the sioux nation at the battle of little big horn and winning. it s the hundreds of faceless women who gathered at seneca falls telling the world they d had enough of being treated as second class citizens. it s fred kartamatsu who refused to accept his racist imprisonment in a japanese american internment camp. it s the freedom riders who faced violence and death because they refused to accept america s dehumanizing policy of segregation. it is the young activist named john lewis who led hundreds of marchers over the edmund pettis bridge which helped deliver the voting rights act.