Kamala HarrisGeverifieerd account

As we demand our leaders take action against this epidemic of mass shootings, we must not ignore the connection between domestic abuse and gun violence.

American women are 16 times more likely to be killed with guns than women in other developed countries. And each month, more than 50 American women are shot and killed by current or former intimate partners.

I'm heartbroken by the shooting at the Capital Gazette. Journalists play such a critical role in our democracy and too often face risk at home and abroad. My thoughts are with their family, their friends, and their paper.

Those are the kind of generational impacts our courts can have on our country. We cannot and will not accept conservative ideologues on the highest court in the land who could undo this progress.

This morning I will be rallying with @WeDemandJustice on the steps of the Supreme Court to talk about how our fundamental rights are in the balance with this SCOTUS pick. We have to make our voices heard. Watch live here: https://www.facebook.com/wedemandjusticenow/videos/216039045892356/ …

I know from personal experience — as a beneficiary of the landmark Brown vs. Board ruling desegregating our nation’s schools — that decisions handed down by the court touch every aspect of our lives. The stakes don’t get any higher. Americans must be heard.

We've already seen the President's list of potential SCOTUS nominees. They are complete non-starters. The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who will fight to protect their rights, not conservative ideologues. #ditchthelist

With fundamental rights in the balance, the American people, who vote in fewer than 4 months, deserve to have their voices heard on this SCOTUS vacancy. We should not vote on confirmation until they have voted at the ballot box.