January 14, 2021
Madam Speaker,
On behalf of the Democratic Party of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, we respectfully request action to address the seditious behavior of our Representative, Virginia Foxx. By objecting to certification of the electors from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ms. Foxx sought to disenfranchise millions of Pennsylvanian voters in support of the loser of that Commonwealth’s election, Donald J. Trump. By continuing through with the objection, Ms. Foxx sided with those who incited the attack on January 6, 2021, and those insurrectionists who invaded the Capitol facility, threatening the lives of the Vice-President, Members of Congress (including yourself), as well as the Congressional and Capitol facility staff.
Ms. Foxx has claimed to object “out of an abiding respect for the Constitution” in reflection of supposed “violations of Article II, Section I of the Constitution” in which there is no stated direction as to how the states’ manage their election process regarding Presidential electors. The reality is that the Republican Members’ publicly stated goal in raising multiple objections to states’ elector certification was to overturn the election in favor of the defeated President Trump. This action goes against the intent of the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which sought to minimize Congressional involvement in election disputes. This grossly un-democratic attempt to subvert the will of the people reflects a violation of her duty as called to in the Amendment XIV of the Constitution, Section 3:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
As constituents of Ms. Foxx, we want to be very clear that we do not feel adequately represented by an individual who would publicly stand with insurrectionists. We want to make clear that this is not done in hopes to undermine the recent election that Rep. Foxx fairly won despite many similar election process changes in our great state of North Carolina that were done in Pennsylvania. The sheer hypocrisy in challenging the results of Pennsylvania, where Biden won, but not North Carolina, where Trump was victorious, is obvious in their ultimate intentions: disregarding the will of the majority of Americans as reflected in the Electoral College totals. We recognize that due to targeted gerrymandering by the NCGOP-led NC General Assembly any replacement for Ms. Foxx in the Fifth District would come from special election that a Republican candidate is favored to win.
Therefore, we respectfully request that the House of Representatives conduct an investigation for Ethics Violations regarding Ms. Foxx’s aforementioned Acts of Sedition. If the two-thirds vote necessary for expulsion cannot be secured, we request that the House of Representatives formally censure Ms. Foxx on behalf of her constituents in the 5th Congressional District.
Signed
5th District Democrats of North Carolina Executive Committee
District Officers:
Charlie Wallin – Chair – Watauga
Emily Hogan-Secretary – Watauga
David Griffith-Treasurer – Burke
Betsy Wells-1st Vice Chair-Democratic Women Representative – Cleveland
Peggy Rumbold-2nd Vice Chair – Alexander
Mandy Marxen-3rd Vice Chair – Wilkes
County Chairs:
Larry Price – Alexander
Tom Smith – Alleghany
Ralph Sorrell – Ashe
Pam Genant – Burke
Tiege West – Caldwell
Lynn Dorfman – Catawba
Curtis Pressley – Cleveland
Daniel Caudill – Gaston
Diane Tilson – Watauga
Kathryn Charles – Wilkes
Other Members:
Rusty Henson – Watauga
Cynthia Atwood – Alleghany
Brandon Whitaker – Wilkes
Polly Jones – Ashe
Nancy Miller – Catawba
Joyce Coleman – Cleveland
Cortney Bohannon – Rutherford
Jerry Crisp – Burke
Barbara Kirby – Gaston
Anna Robinson – Rutherford
Cezanne Vielkanowitz – Gaston
David Wilson Brown – Gaston
Jeanne Supin – Watauga
Robin Jordan – Gaston
Collen Balco – Alexander
Gale Jones – Minority Affairs Liaison- Burke
Cliff Moone-Parliamentarian – Catawba
Dorian Palmer-Western Regional Director of Young Democrats-Burke
Nancy Moore-Senior Democrats Representative-Gaston
Wilkes County Officers:
Kathryn Charles, Chair – Wilkes County
Brandon Whitaker, 1st Vice Chair – Wilkes County
Mandy Marxen, 2nd Vice Chair – Wilkes County
Richard Madison, 3rd Vice Chair – Wilkes County
Judy Miller, Secretary – Wilkes County
Connie Cox, Treasurer – Wilkes County