Message from Rep. Crockett
PHANG: Congresswoman, you’ve been outspoken about your support for the president, even posting on Twitter that you are riding with Biden. So what do you say to the voters who may still have some concerns about Biden’s ability to beat Donald Trump?
CROCKETT: …Let me tell you, you know, the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans could not be more stark in so many ways. One of those ways that I think about is the fact that even those Democrats that are calling for the president to step aside, they’re not calling for the president to step aside because they think that Joe Biden’s a terrible person, because they think that he’s a failure. They’re calling for him to step aside because they are scared. One thing that I think we all are united in, no matter where you stand, is our fear. Our fear that somehow Donald Trump can get back into the white House, our fear that the Supreme Court will absolutely end up becoming even worse, because we know that Donald Trump plans to put two more Supreme Court justices on that court and give them lifetime appointments. Our fear, because we know the reality of what they are seeking and project 2025. And so the only thing that I’m asking everyone to do is to unite around the ticket. The ticket at this point in time is Biden and Harris. And so long as the president says that he can do this job, then that is our ticket. We have a democratic process. We went through the primary, and to subvert the will of the people based on polls is not what we do in a democracy. When we think about it, if the polling was right, we never would have had a Donald Trump. If the polling was right, we wouldn’t have Democrats overperforming by 20 points in a number of elections. Let’s stay the course. Let’s recognize who the real enemy is. Let’s not give fodder to the Republicans come November by tearing each other apart.
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Rep Crockett Rocks
But I'm not down on Biden at all. I'm voting for Biden and that's that. Nor am I trying to encourage anyone to not vote Biden. I can practically see the smirk on your face as if I were. 
A young woman answered the phone and asked what she could for me and I answered that I just wanted to thank the Representative for her statement in support of Joe Biden. I pointed out that I'm not one of Crockett's constituents, but I thought that it was important to say thanks.
There was a little pause on the other end, probably as the staffer considered the procedures for dealing with someone outside of her boss's voting district. She thanked me for my support and didn't request any other information.
It was a pretty quick call and I have no idea of how busy things are in that office. Maybe there is no point in reaching out to an elected official if said official knows that your vote will never impact their election. But I believe in the simple virtue of giving credit where credit is due. I also believe so strongly in the value of saying "thank you" that I know how to express that sentiment in ten different languages.
So, thank you, Representative Crockett. Merci, Gracias Grazie, Kiitos and Danke. I'll leave off the Russian and Chinese because I don't have the necessary characters on my keyboard. 
