Last night, the House passed the For the People Act, our sweeping anti-corruption and election protection legislation. Next up: The Senate.

Politicians who benefit from huge dark money contributions and voter suppression will lie about the For the People Act. They'll use whatever scare tactics they can to protect their big money donors and stay in power.

We can get this done. But only if we take the next step together.

That's why I am once again asking you to sign a petition to save our democracy.

On Sunday, Donald Trump made his first public speech as an ex-President. It was the usual hit parade of distortions, falsehoods, and nonsense.

He continued to pitch his Big Lie — that the election in 2020 was stolen from him. That couldn't be further from the truth. The election of 2020, as you know, was the most secure election in history, with the biggest voter turnout in history. Joe Biden won by 7.5 million votes and by the same margin in the Electoral College that Donald Trump called a "landslide" four years earlier. And dozens of courts, including the Supreme Court, rejected Trump's claims over and over and over.

The number we're at now in the U.S Senate? Just 50, with Vice President Kamala Harris on hand to break ties when we need her.

Democrats are in the majority, but only barely. And you know the history: In 1994 and 2010 — the first midterm elections of new Democratic presidents — we got "shellacked", as President Obama put it.

In 2022, we're not just going to play defense. We are going to expand our Senate majority.

My Blue Wave Project — our Blue Wave Project — is on the front lines of that effort. Donate $7 before our February fundraising deadline and let's get it done.