Glynda C. Carr
Role at the time: President and CEO of Higher Heights for America, in a joint release published by Higher Heights for America
Statement summary
Higher Heights for America president and CEO Glynda Carr said Black women who have earned voters' trust should be able to serve and pursue office without racist degradation, and described the attacks as a deliberate weaponization of racism and misogyny rather than a political debate.
“What we witnessed was not a political debate. It was the deliberate weaponization of racism and misogyny against Black women who have earned the trust of voters and the right to lead. Black women should be able to serve, govern, dissent, and pursue public office without being subjected to racist degradation designed to diminish our humanity and silence our voices.”
Why we used this label
The case's reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Carr's statement appears in a release that names Loomer as the source of the language it condemns. She describes what happened as the deliberate weaponization of racism and misogyny against Black women and says they should not face racist degradation, so we labeled it Condemned.