Overview
- Receiving the CBCF Chair and Body Award at the Phoenix Awards, Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump an “unchecked, incompetent, unhinged president” and pressed Democrats to “win the midterms” to restore checks and balances.
- Harris framed current Republican policies as the product of a decades-long conservative strategy, invoking Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, and Pat Buchanan, and urged supporters to “fight fire with fire.”
- CBCF President Nicole Austin-Hillery said the foundation will ramp up nonpartisan voter education, emphasizing access to the political process over party preference.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned a government shutdown could arrive within days, saying Democrats are ready to negotiate a spending deal that protects communities but will not back a partisan Republican bill.
- National Urban League leader Marc Morial and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pushed back on portrayals of urban lawlessness, citing a decline in violent crime in Washington, while Maryland Gov. Wes Moore highlighted a state law against book bans and rapid work on the Francis Scott Key Bridge.