A good country preacher, @RevDrBarber opening this inaugural sermon w/ a Moms Mabley joke about what 1 strawberry said to another: “If we hadn’t been in that bed together, we wouldn’t be in this jam today.” #Inauguration2021

Yes, we are in a jam, whether we like it or not. The prophet Isaiah lays out God’s wisdom for a nation in a jam. The preacher’s making it plain w/ help of FDR, MLK, economists & Aretha.

“The breach is when we say ‘one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty & justice for all’ with our lips while we see the rich & the poor living in two very different Americas.”

“Every now and then, a nation needs breach repairers to take us forward.” This is a Word for @potus & @vp. #Inauguration2021

“No, America has never yet been all that she has hoped to be. But right here, right now, a #ThirdReconstruction is possible if we choose.”— @RevDrBarber #Inauguration2021

This #ThirdReconstruction isn’t just about recovering from Trump. @RevDrBarber has been preaching this message as long as I’ve known him. We wrote a whole book on it—before Trump. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250729/the-third-reconstruction-by-the-reverend-dr-william-j-barber-ii-with-jonathan-wilson-hartgrove/

No administration can repair the breach alone. Here’s the altar call to action: join the #PoorPeoplesCampaign & let’s work together to reconstruct democracy. #Inauguration2021

Also, if you want to be a breach repairer, learn more about Repairers of the Breach, the org @RevDrBarber founded & leads here: https://www.breachrepairers.org/