Defend our Democratic Values

There is no question that Russia tried to tamper with our 2016 elections, and will try again in 2018. We need to offer states every resource we can to protect the integrity of our election system. Updating voting machines is an expensive, but critical effort, especially in Delaware, where our voting machines are amongst the oldest in the country.

I hope you will join me, Representative Val Longhurst, Govenor John Carney, Senator Stephanie Hansen, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester on the steps of Legislative Hall in Dover this Wednesday for the Rally to support HB 299, Delaware's ERA.

The March for Our Lives in Wilmington, Rehoboth, Lewes, Washington, and around the country represented the best of citizen engagement and public service. Enough is enough and we need to come together in Dover and Washington to act. Last week, Congress finally made it possible for the Centers for Disease Control to study gun violence, and we strengthened the existing background check system. In Dover, our state legislature is moving bills to ban bump stocks, raise the age for purchasing rifles, allow police to temporary remove guns from those to pose a danger to themselves or others, and increase penalties for straw purchases. Legislators also introduced a new bill to address assault weapons.Elected officials need to continue to hear from all who care about this issue - those who made it to the marches, who were there in spirit, those who have spent years fighting against violence in our neighborhoods, and those who joined this movement because they fear for their kids when they send them off to school. This weekend is not a culmination, but the kick-off of a new wave of activism and advocacy in our state and across our country. I will continue to fight for common sense policies in Washington, DC, supporting big bills and advancing simple solutions that garner bipartisan support.

I started my weekend with Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf and hundreds of Delawareans at the March for Our Lives in Rehoboth Beach. So proud to help kick off the March alongside my daughter, Maggie. #NeverAgain

Calling all new and newly-energized Democrats at DSU and across Kent County! Come out for the next Delaware Democratic Party campaign volunteer fair - March 22nd at Grottos in Dover.