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to E. Pluribus Unum
Eight Democrats joined with a majority of Republicans to get the final vote count to 60. Those Democrats were Dirk Durbin of Illinois, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Angus King of Maine (technically an Independent but caucuses with the Democrats), Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and Jacky Rosen of Nevada.
“And, you’ve heard this before, but they tell us that the average age of the average nation in civilization is 200 years. We’ve just passed our 200th birthday. And, they tell us that nations decay, and the walls of national defense fall, in nine cycles.
And, here they are: number one, people go from bondage to spiritual faith; number two, from spiritual faith to courage; number three, from courage to liberty; number four, from liberty to abundance; number five, from abundance to selfishness; number six, from selfishness to complacency; number seven, from complacency to apathy; number eight, from apathy to dependence; and, number nine, from dependence back again to bondage.
And, I believe we’re somewhere, right now, between number seven and number nine. That’s where we are. And, the walls have crumbled. And, I’m telling you, ladies and gentlemen, that it is time that some of us took our place along the walls and rebuilt the walls of defense that God wants us to have for our nation. And, I’m not just simply talking about more armament. I’m talking about moral armament and spiritual defense.”