I’ll join thousands of others at the Hawaii State Capitol later this morning to make that statement.

No Kings. No Dictators. Messages as American as apple pie.

NBC News reported the comments of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at the No Kings demonstration in Chicago.

Worth sharing.

Reported by Matt Lavietes

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker struck a defiant tone as he addressed protesters in Chicago, where high profile clashes between residents and federal immigration authorities have taken place in recent weeks.

“History will judge us by where we choose to stand right now, today. Future generations will ask: ‘What did we do when fellow human beings face persecution? When our rights were being abridged? When our constitution was under attack?'” he asked. “They’ll want to know whether we stood up or we stayed silent.”

Pritzker added that “resistance starts with refusing to normalize cruelty.”

“Resistance means choosing solidarity over fear and means recognizing that an attack on free speech on immigrants’ rights on due process is an attack on everyone’s rights,” he said. “It means understanding that we’re either building a society based on human dignity, or one based on domination.”

Pritzker noted that the “vast majority of Chicagoans are here because our ancestors fought to escape from tyranny and another great portion of Chicagoans were brought to this country in shackles and had to fight for their literal freedom.”

“Resistance and survival are in our American blood,” he said.

Thank you, Governor Pritzker.