"#Springsteen had come out swinging, telling the crowd, “Tonight we ask all of you to join with us in choosing hope over fear, #democracy over #authoritarianism, the rule of law over #lawlessness, ethics over unbridled #corruption, #resistance over complacency, #unity over division and #peace over war.”
The last, shouted word was the first of the opening song, the 1970 protest anthem “#War” by Edwin Starr."








