Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after the passing of Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, former speechwriter to President George W. Bush:
“Our world lost a special voice this morning when Michael Gerson passed from this life.
“As I got to know Michael in recent years, we had many conversations about the role of faith in public life, and our shared hope that we could sustain America’s most important humanitarian initiatives. Michael had a central hand in shaping our efforts in Africa going back to the George W. Bush administration, from the President’s Malaria Initiative to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which together have saved millions of lives.
“Michael was also a gifted writer, but more importantly, a humble, reflective person seeking to balance his faith as an evangelical Christian with the complex challenges of power and purpose, especially as a Republican in the President Trump years.
“I will miss him dearly and I only hope that his wife, Dawn, and his sons, Michael and Nicholas, know what a powerful impact his columns, his work, and his witness had on me and our nation.”
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