For years I’ve been disillusioned by the state of our democracy. As a nation, we’ve become more concerned with partisan grandstanding than fighting for fundamental American principles such as free speech.

Now I’m pledging to Ride For Democracy and spend the next year riding public transit and talking to you about how we can begin to come together again around our unique heritage as Americans.

I hope you join me because the sentiment that - Together We Stand, Divided We Fall - has never been more true.