Muthoni Wambu Kraal
Role at the time: Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women's Democracy Lab, in a joint release published by Higher Heights for America
Condemned
Statement summary
Women's Democracy Lab co-founder and executive director Muthoni Wambu Kraal said the organization condemns the racist and misogynistic attacks on Black women leaders, and called the rhetoric dangerous as well as offensive.
“Women’s Democracy Lab condemns these racist and misogynistic attacks on Black women leaders like Reps. Pressley and Omar, Angie Nixon, former Rep. Cori Bush, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. This kind of dehumanizing rhetoric isn’t just offensive – it’s dangerous.”
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. Kraal says her organization condemns the racist and misogynistic attacks and calls the rhetoric dangerous, so we labeled it Condemned.