"Dear Friends,

Something historic happened yesterday. For the first time since 1877 a member of the House and a member of the Senate stood up together to object to a state's electoral college votes.
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Unlike the 2000 election, when the black members of Congress were told to sit down and shut up, this time a senator had the courage to stand with them, as the law requires, to force Congress to go back to their separate chambers to discuss and debate the issues surrounding the vote count. Senator Barbara Boxer rose to the occasion and stood with Ohio Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones and 30 other Representatives “to cast the light of truth on a flawed system which must be fixed now.” The ensuing debate, at times, became a debate over me and all of you and the fact that we would dare make the attempt to protect our democracy."