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I telephoned my rep, Joe Cunningham (D-SC), who responded by letter to my protest against impeachment. It was a canned letter that was directed more about his vote on the impeachment inquiry than the actual vote coming up this week. He said he was just interested in transparency and the facts and had not made up his mind on impeachment. The rubber hits the road on Wednesday. I hope he votes yes so we can tattoo his vote on his forehead.

Cunningham is the first Dem for this district in 40 years, being elected in 2018 after Mark Sanford was beaten in the Rep primary. A heavy turnout in 2020 will end his career in Congress.

I contacted mine as well, Ron Kind, Wisconsin. Here is the canned reply, after Dear ____:

Thank you for contacting me about the whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.

In July 2019, President Trump notified the State and Defense Departments that he intended to withhold nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine due to an “interagency delay” one week before a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During this phone call, according to a record of the call released by the White House, President Trump pressured President Zelensky to open an investigation into former Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. and his son, Hunter Biden, as well as an investigation into unsubstantiated claim that the allegations of Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election originated in Ukraine.

Recently, it became public knowledge that this exchange prompted an anonymous whistleblower to file a complaint accusing President Trump of using his office to solicit interference by a foreign nation in the 2020 elections. The complaint outlines a month-long scheme by President Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to convince Ukraine’s government to open investigations that would be personally beneficial to President Trump, and not in the national interest. In the following days, “senior White House officials” intervened to “lock down” all records of the call, including placing the transcript in a standalone computer used to store only the most highly sensitive classified information.

As a former Special Prosecutor, I strongly believe that no one is above the law including our elected officials. The allegations that President Trump tried to coerce a foreign government to meddle in our elections are extremely serious, which is why I support the full House investigation into the whistleblower complaint. On October 31, I voted in favor of H. Res. 660, which sets the parameters for how to proceed with the investigation in a fair and transparent manner. We must see the results of this investigation so we know what the remedy should be. Rest assured I will keep your thoughts in mind and continue to follow this matter closely.

Then the invite to receive emails, an his contact info... blah, blah, ...