Monica Simpson
Role at the time: Executive Director of the SisterSong National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, in a statement of support released by Higher Heights for America
Condemned
Statement summary
SisterSong executive director Monica Simpson said what Laura Loomer said and doubled down on was not commentary but an intentional attempt to strip Black women leaders of their authority.
“What Laura Loomer said, and what she doubled down on, was not commentary. It was an intentional attempt to strip Black woman leaders of their authority.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS STAND UNITED AGAINST RACIST AND MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS ON BLACK WOMEN LEADERSSection "Organization and Leadership Statements of Support", statements from individual leaders
Why we used this label
The case's reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Simpson says Loomer's remarks were an intentional attempt to strip Black women leaders of authority rather than commentary, so we labeled it Condemned.