Melanie L. Campbell
Role at the time: President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, in a joint statement of women-led organizations published by Higher Heights for America
Statement summary
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation president and CEO Melanie Campbell said verbal attacks on Black women's leadership are ignorant and unacceptable and must not be accepted or normalized.
“This type of ignorant and unacceptable verbal attack against black women’s leadership must not be accepted or normalized. This is not only an attack against black women, it is an attack against all women.”
Joint release published by Higher Heights for America, dated September 4, 2026, with a group statement, individual statements from 22 participating organizations, and a list of 28 participants and signers.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case's reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Campbell calls the verbal attacks on Black women's leadership ignorant and unacceptable, so we labeled it Condemned.