it is the number one book of 2021, nonfiction and fiction. not even close. new york times bestseller list at number 12 and half months. the reason is not because of my name on the book, it is because of you and the contents of the both. you are the founders and the framers of this country. that is you are. you want to remind you the first paragraph of the constitution says we the people of the united states in order to more perfect union, establish justice and to ensure domestic tranquility. provide for the common descent to promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity who ordained and established the constitution for the united states of america. you, your ancestors, ancestors of others, created this nation. we the people created this nation. we the people created this declaration of independence.
good. and i would ask all of them to read the first paragraph of the u.s. constitution, which starts out with we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union and ensure domestic tranquility and provide for the general welfare comes long before liberty. and we ve had a tension in our country between individualism and the common good. our founders tried to write a document that ensured we would make sure that the common good was taken care of. the republican party only cares about me. yeah. and not even me and my kid. they don t even care about children at this point. christina, we re going to talk in the next block but i ve got to talk a little bit about desantis. desantis is being opposed now by school districts who say, no, we want to protect our kids. i used to live in broward county, florida. broward would like to protect students, children from covid. they want to have a mask mandate because children can t get vaccinated. elementary school kids can t be
everything, even mask wearing. well, i think all of these things are related. what s happening on voting rights, what s happening on democracy, what happened on january 6th and what s happening in our public health. and it has to do with this, don. democracy is basically supported by two pillars the common good, the ability to get to the common good, and a common set of facts. and we re in the midst of this pandemic and we can t get people to agree onto a common set of facts. namly the republicans with a common set of facts of what statistics say and medical science says. and an inability to get to the common good. they believe individual liberty is more important than the common good. i would tell them to read the first few words of the constitution which says we the people in order to form a more perfect union and then provide for the general welfare. they put emphasis on the i. and we need to put emphasis on the we when we re talking about public health. but until we come toge
covid are unvaccinate sd. that s their choice. they don t want to die. the administration and government are saying we need the mask mandate to protect the public! that s not their job. it s not their job to protect anybody. it s literally the job of government to protect people. check out the preamble of the constitution. we the people in the united states in order to form a more perfect union establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and the secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. catch that? provide for the defense of the people. and promote the general welfare of the people. tags forward to modern society, and nearly every section of the government and every law the government makes is designed however imperfectly to serve and protect its people. many examples, the government protects your food, you ve heard of the fda of course, the government protects your medicine. they make sure
constitution as the framers decided are at stake. i yield back. the gentleman yields back. miss jackson-lee. the constitution begins with we, the people of the united states, among other things pronopr promote the general welfare and establish this constitution for the united states of america. the president of the united states, donald j. trump, perpetrated constitutional crimes. why does this matter today now in this moment on the journey of america s history? because truth matters and where truth rests trust builds. the constitution is a plain language set of laws that americans for generations have adhered to and been protected by. it is a list of crimes and forbidden actions not to be taken by our governors. the founding fathers believe the