Democratic Lawmaker Claims Trump Admin Would Prefer Black Americans 'Pick Cotton' Than Pick the President

Source: MEDIAite

May 16th, 2026, 7:35 pm


Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) accused members of President Donald Trump’s administration of preferring to see Black Americans “pick cotton” than pick the president. Pressley made the claim during an interview on MS NOW on Saturday.

The liberal lawmaker claimed the Trump administration was just fine with racism after several court rulings have went in the Republican Party’s favor recently, including a Supreme Court ruling last week that the AP reported “set the stage for Alabama to eliminate one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterms.”

That followed a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that Louisiana’s congressional map was an illegal race-based gerrymander that violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Pressley was so outraged by the recent rulings that she traveled 1,400 miles from her district to attend a protest in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday. She explained her attendance to MS NOW host Alex Witt by saying, “This is not just a fight for the Black voter or Black Americans. This is not just a fight in defense of the South. This is a fight in defense of our democracy.”

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