In this season of intense and legitimate partisanship, we are committing ourselves to a higher partnership for the maintenance of our union; for the importance of our shared life; and for those feelings of goodwill that Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.
For ourselves and for all Americans, we appeal for the complete disavowal of election-related violence, calls for such violence, or excuse-making for anyone on either side who would commit or tolerate violence as a means of influencing an election.
We start with the commitment that we will not demonize or question the decency of Americans who vote differently from us. This is the credo of The Braver Angels organization, which we strongly support.
— Eric Wohlforth and
Nancy Brandt-Erichsen
Anchorage
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