Friends -- it’s been a while since I’ve reached out to you, and I want to tell you why.

The impeachment charges against President Trump were serious, and the Senate had a responsibility to carefully consider them. I took that responsibility very seriously and committed my full attention to the trial.

It was after long and careful thought that I voted to convict the president, but the fact of the matter is no one is above the law -- not even the president.

I hope you will take a moment to read about why I decided to vote the way I did:

“There are millions of Americans that have formed a basic expectation about how a trial is to function, based on hundreds of years of law and based on their common sense. Make no mistake: what the Senate did was an affront to the basic idea of a trial. And for all the crocodile tears of my colleagues, all the fake outrage at the accusation, we must call this what it was. It’s a cover-up.

I don’t know what Mulvaney or Bolton or Pompeo would say, I don’t know what the documents will illuminate, and I believe it is normally very dangerous to ascribe motives to fellow senators when criticizing their vote, but it is impossible for me to escape the conclusion that they don’t want to know, that they wanted to get this over with before the Super Bowl, of all things. They are afraid of this house of cards falling all the way down...”
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While I’m disappointed by what took place in the Senate this week, I am more convinced than ever that we need to take back the Majority.

We have a chance to right the wrongs we witnessed in the Senate this week. We have a chance to stop the constant undermining of our democratic principles. We can hold those turning a willful blind eye to corruption accountable for their actions on Election Day in November.

So please, if you’re ready to help Democrats take back the Senate, then take a stand and chip in today to help us win in 2020.

It’s been a sad time for our country, but I still trust in our democracy and have hope that we can change the path we’re on.

Thank you,

Brian