Hi John,

There are plenty of issues that members of Congress need to address: women's reproductive rights, healthcare, inflation, the economy, immigration, the environment, education…. There’s a lot that Congress could be doing for all of us.

But, *I* wouldn't have thought “putting a racist, antiquated pro-Confederacy memorial back in Arlington National Cemetery” was one of them. My MAGA opponent John Carter feels differently.

If you're ready to help send John Carter packing, please join our movement with a contribution tod ay. Whether you can give $5 or $500, it all adds up for our people-powered movement to win back the House majority and replace MAGA extremists with Democrats who know how to lead.

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The Confederate Memorial in question — the one that’s John Carter is so fixated on — was removed from Arlington National Cemetery last year by the Office of the Army, the military organization that’s responsible for maintaining and operating national cemeteries like Arlington.

Why was it removed? The statue was first commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor the “dead heroes” who had taken up arms against the United States. Among the figures it depicts is a black slave following his white owner as the owner heads off to war. Apparently this was intended by the sculptor to correct the “lies” told about black slaves’ support for the Confederacy in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Somehow this overtly racist and pro-Confederate memorial stood on the same hallowed ground where we’ve buried so many of our war heroes—soldiers and sailors who died serving the United States of America, not the Confederate States of America—for decades.

Finally, the memorial was removed last year when it finally dawned on the Defense Department that it might be just the slightest bit inappropriate. (Worth noting however: the decision to remove the racist statue didn’t require the involvement of any member of Congress).

But like the folks who still shout “the South will rise again,” the supporters of racist dog whistles like the Confederate Memorial didn’t give up. That includes 192 members of Congress—people like John Carter—who just voted to put the Confederate Memorial back in Arlington National Cemetery.

Let me say that again: John Carter, along with 191 other members of Congress, voted to put a racist, pro-Confederacy memorial back in Arlington National Cemetery.

Even they seem to have felt a little guilty about this: The proposal refers to the Confederate Memorial as the “Reconciliation Memorial,” so that they didn’t have to use the C-word (*Confederacy) in their proposed legislation.

Fortunately, that proposal failed when 230 other members of Congress said “thanks but no thanks.” I’m grateful other members of Congress stood up to John Carter and said NO. A racist, pro-Confederacy memorial has NO place in any of our national cemeteries, let alone Arlington National Cemetery.

But I’m also concerned about what this says about how Congress uses its time. Are there seriously no more important issues that our elected officials can think of than whether to reinstall an antiquated and offensive memorial in Arlington?

Where's the legislation addressing immigration? Or inflation? Or healthcare costs? Or a hundred other things that matter more than this monument?

People are justifiably concerned at the inability of Republican leaders to draft or pass meaningful legislation. And when we say “do something,” we don’t mean “do something about the Confederate Memorial.”

It’s past time to focus on issues that actually affect us. And that starts by replacing extremist John Carter with someone who hasn’t lost focus on what really matters.

I can't take on the MAGA movement here in Texas without folks like you. Defeating MAGA Republicans like John Carter is going to take all of us. Will you pitch in now — whether $5 or $500 — so our team can defeat John Carter and help Democrats win back the House majority?