Mosque under construction in Murfreesboro, TN Irrational violence has been committed once again, this time in my home state of Tennessee. One person targeted military personnel at a recruitment center and a military training facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a short drive from my home. Loved ones have been lost. A community has been plunged into grief and loss. The shooter has won nothing. In addition to losing his own life, he has simply shown that an angry, misguided person can do extreme damage to the unsuspecting. We knew that already and have seen it too many times from people motivated by various twisted ideologies. The shooter only wins if we let him divide us as a people. The United States of America has attracted people from all over the world. They have come with various traditions, ideologies, and faiths, but they have a common commitment to be Americans. This did not happen overnight. Early settl...
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