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$\"\"$ <\/a>America is running smoothly, right through a pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We owe a debt to the working people of this nation who have kept the electricity, gas and water coming into our homes, the grocery shelves stocked, the gas pumps pumping, and the streets safe from crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of us owe our lives to nurses, phlebotomists, x-ray techs, doctors, nursing assistants, physician assistants, techs and aides who are risking their lives to save those who are infected with COVID-19. If medical people have ever saved your life, raise your hand. If they\u2019ve saved your life two times, raise your other hand. If they\u2019ve saved your life more than that, stand up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t had COVID-19 and I hope I don\u2019t ever have it. But I\u2019m standing. I wouldn\u2019t be here if it wasn\u2019t for the care of medical people.<\/p>\n

If you like having groceries on the shelves and gas at the pumps during this pandemic, find a truck driver and thank him or her. If you are grateful for the fact that you are safe in your home, find a cop and thank them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We owe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We owe.<\/p>\n

The American people are good to the core. We are generous, faith-filled and kind. We also get up, go to work and do our part in times of pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We owe, and who we owe is one another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"