So long as Black men and women cannot breathe, we cannot rest. The killing of George Floyd is another tragic case of the violence Black men face in America every single day. No person of character and common sense can watch the video footage of what police did to George Floyd without being horrified.

Today at our DNC winter meeting, I had some sentiments I needed to share about this #FakeTrumpEmergency. And I want to share some of my thoughts with all of you. Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Thursday. You want to know where there’s a national emergency? We have a national emergency of gun violence. We have a national emergency on climate. We have a national emergency on voter suppression.

When I ran for chair 2 years ago, I said that to take back the presidency, Democrats have to lead with our values. I made a commitment to conduct a presidential primary process that is transparent, fair, inclusive, and puts us in the best possible position to win in 2020. 1/ That began with the historic reforms to expand and increase trust in our party. Today, it continues by conducting party business fairly, transparently, and inclusively throughout the 2020 primary process. 2/

Our North Star from the beginning of this process has been to grow our party, unite our party, and earn voters' trust. That’s why we passed the strongest reforms to our party in decades, and I wanted to share some of the highlights of this historic vote. 👇 We voted today to return power to the grassroots of our party by reducing the role superdelegates have in the Democratic presidential nominating process, respecting the will of voters.