[ [link removed] ]Adam Schiff for Congress




John —

I want to start by saying thank you. Thank you.

Thank you for voting. Thank you for volunteering. Thank you for giving.
Thank you for talking to your family and friends. Just, thank you.

Last Tuesday night, I was reelected to serve the great people of
California and its 30th Congressional District. And I can’t thank you
enough. From the bottom of my heart.

And I can’t wait to get back to work.

For weeks, the pundits and election forecasters hyped a “red wave” that
turned into barely a “red ripple.” Then a “red nothing.”

Not all of the races have been called — here’s what we know: We kept the
Senate blue, and the House is going to be within a couple seats either
way.

But this much is clear — the forecasters, pundits and pollsters were wrong
yet again, and those who cared about our democracy turned up to vote.

Those who wanted to protect our freedoms and rights turned up to vote.

And those who didn’t want Republican lies and chaos to engulf us all
turned up to vote.

And as a result, we will be able to protect our democracy in the next two
years in a way the pundits could not have predicted.

It wasn’t all good news, but it was a lot more good news than any of us
expected. And we worked to make it happen. Knocking doors. Making calls.

Thanks to your generosity and support, I traveled to dozens of states,
doing more than 150 events to support my colleagues and our challengers in
competitive districts across the country.

I heard voters tell of their profound fears for the future of our country
and democracy. But I saw the determination also, and watched as people
rose to defend this great experiment in self-governance.

And my takeaway from the last six years is simply this:

You can have the best written Constitution in the world, and I believe we
do. You can have the best written laws meant to constrain the worst
impulses of human nature, and maybe we do. But none of it will be enough
if people don’t give meaning to their oath of office, if they do not
inform that oath with ideas of right and wrong, and if they are unwilling
to accept the basic truth of things.

What we should look for in our elected officials is not whether they agree
with us on every issue. (In fact, any elected who says they do should be
greeted with great suspicion). But rather, we should look for people of
character who will do the right thing, even when it is hard — especially
when it is hard.

Thankfully, we had many people of good character run for Congress this
cycle on the Democratic ticket, and with your help, voters saw the
importance of electing them. Rejecting the big liars, and electing the
truth tellers.

Now, the hard work continues. We’re going to find out in the coming days
whether we fully beat the odds and defended the House in an upset for the
ages, or if we will be up against an incredibly extreme (but incredibly
small) Republican House Majority — and one determined to do crazy stuff,
and to try to drag down Joe Biden.

We’re also going to find out whether our Senate Majority will be once
again 50-50, or whether Rev. Warnock wins the Georgia runoff to make it
51-49.

I want to thank you again for being with me every step of the way. No
matter how great the challenges. No matter how serious the obstacles. No
matter what. You have been amazing.

Our challenge over the next two years is to demand better from our elected
officials, to fix what’s broken, and to continue to stand up for our
democracy.

I’m not giving up. Not by a long shot. And I know you aren’t either. We
press on.

— Adam

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