We woke up this morning feeling hopeful. Last night gave us mixed results, but in this dark time we saw many rays of light. Florida voted to re-enfranchise 1.4 million people. Over 100 women — half of whom are women of color — are headed to Congress for the first time. And, for the first time in two years, the House will finally provide a check on Trump and the GOP.

Although our broken electoral system does not reflect this, last night the majority of Americans rejected white nationalism and a politics of hate and division.

The stakes of this election were high for us.

After the murder of 11 Jews in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue less than two weeks ago, we watched Republican candidates and elected officials all the way up to the White House double down on antisemitic tropes and racist ads. In races across the country, the GOP cynically fell in line around a message of hate and division to protect their diminishing power and relevance, even as incidents of hate crimes against marginalized communities spike.

So we were surprised and disappointed to hear Speaker Pelosi begin talking about pursuing a “bipartisan marketplace of ideas” minutes after Democrats took the House. Just as we were disappointed to watch Sen. Schumer continue to blame both the Left and the Right after a bomb was sent to George Soros’ address.

This kind of acquiescence and false equivalency is an absolute failure of leadership.

As American Jews, we call on you to fight for us and for our friends in communities across this country who are under attack. Do not plead for civility. Do not spend the next two years “reaching across the aisle” to compromise with a party which welcomes Nazi sympathizers into its ranks or appealing to a nonexistent “center.”

Do not conflate standing up against antisemitism and hate with blind support for Netanyahu’s government. We were horrified by Cory Booker’s cynical move to co-sponsor anti-BDS legislation in the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting, to use our grief to repress free speech. Standing with Jews in the moment means standing for the rights and freedoms that every person in this country, in Israel/Palestine, and throughout the world deserves.

Our generation won’t sit back and watch until 2020. Young voters like us turned out in historical numbers and 67% of us — historic highs — voted against Trump’s party of hate. As young American Jews who know that our community's future depends on defeating white nationalism, we will continue to protest in the streets, challenge elected officials in the halls of power, and build solidarity so we can achieve an America that works for all of us.

This isn’t a fight for which party is in power; it’s a fight for the soul of our country and the future of our world.

Our generation is leading. Pelosi and Schumer, it’s not too late to join us.