Dem Ayanna Pressley Hits Trump ‘Obsession With Black Women’ Amid Letitia James Case
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) ripped President Donald Trump over his attacks on newly-indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), accusing him of being “obsessed with Black women” who are “good at their jobs.”
News broke Thursday that AG Letitia James has been indicted on mortgage fraud charges, widely seen as the latest shoe to drop in Trump’s promised campaign of retribution against perceived enemies. James won a half-billion-dollar fraud judgment against Trump that was later set aside as “excessive.”
On Friday’s edition of CNN News Central, anchor John Berman asked Pressley about an unrelated topic, but the outspoken congresswoman steered the conversation to a critique of Trump’s campaign to punish his enemies:
JOHN BERMAN: We mentioned you’re on the Financial Services Committee. The treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, confirmed that there is in play now that this some $20 billion bailout for Argentina. It involves propping up the peso and different things there. I wonder what your views are on as much as $20 billion going to prop up a foreign country in this moment?
REP. AYANNA PRESSLEY (D-MA): Yes. I mean, again, in this moment I remain squarely focused on the people who sent me to Washington to fight on their behalf and for the stabilization of their family and for the health of our communities. And again, that’s why I’m glad that right now in this fight I’m focused on our federal workforce and the fight for healthcare.
And I also would love to have, you know, the executive office be focused on things other than weaponizing the Department of Justice and attacking people for doing their job. What we need is an executive that is not obsessed with an enemy’s list, but is instead focused on a to-do list of meeting the needs of struggling and working families and using their position to uplift families and to advance progress instead of to enact, hurt, and harm.
His — so, Tish James, these allegations against her are baseless. Donald Trump is — seems to be obsessed with black women who are effective and good at doing their jobs. But these attacks against Tish James, against James Comey, these would be — should be of concern to any person of conscience. It is degrading the things that are foundational to our democracy and to our constitution. And I hope to hear everyone amplifying their concern and their vigorous defense of what should be our foundational principles.
BERMAN: Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley coming to us from the greatest city on Earth, Boston, Massachusetts this morning. Thank you so much for your time this morning.
Watch above via CNN News Central.
