Connie Britton Instagram – ON THIS DAY Jan 6, 2017. These popped up on my phone today. I was at the White House honoring some of our heroic school counselors with @michelleobama. I remember conversations with people in the White House that day as they prepared to leave after 8 years, with a new administration coming in. Respectful, melancholy, grateful for a productive time in Washington. That was 4 years ago in our nation’s capitol. The stark comparison to today’s events is shocking and devastating. Who we have become as a nation under the tyrannic non-leadership of the current president, culminating in the seditious insurgency led by him today at the Capitol building is a sickening blight on our nation and democracy, from which I have faith we will recover. But I am shaken. In tears. Deeply saddened that this is us. This is US. The U.S. I know we are better than this. I have pictures to prove it. And relationships with people on both sides of the aisle to prove it. And the democratic process of this election saying this is not who we want to be to prove it. As we look at the worst, most unimaginable of ourselves, I am inspired to keep proving that we are in fact better than this. And I look forward to this day, Jan 6, 2025.