Shouldn’t America be for all of us?

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A debate about what kind of America we want is coming up in many mid-term electoral campaigns. And many first-time candidates are rejecting the “I’m for me and to Hell with everyone else” ideology fostered by the tiny class of billionaires and adopting a new, inclusive morality. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known as “Trump country,” candidate Jess King told an enthusiastic audience gathered at a campaign rally: “I know when 47% of our children in this beautiful city live below the poverty line, my kids are not well. We are all in this together folks . . . We have an opportunity to support health care, education, and jobs and provide a good future for our families . . . Lancaster County resettled 20 times more refugees than anywhere else in the country. We are all here because we know that our immigrant brothers and sisters make us better and we can and should build a longer table and not a higher wall.” — The Editors

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