New York Attorney General Letitia James delivered a fiery speech at a civil rights event hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton, sharply criticizing President Donald Trump while invoking religious imagery as she accused him of spreading division and eroding the foundations of democracy.
James, who is currently entangled in multiple legal battles with the president, at one point during her speech to the National Action Network event, took the moment to defend diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), painting them as catch-all policies.

“DEI is about paid parental leave. DEI is about disabled children,” she said in an elevated tone. “Let them know that they’re not only coming after us, but they’re coming after all of us.”

“Faith and fear can never share the same space,” she shouted. “I’m covered by the blood, and I’m not afraid of Donald Trump! You can come after me, but no enemy, nothing formed against me will perish!”

She also vowed to continue her legal jihad against the president and his administration.

“It’s that stone of hope that gives me a fire in my belly each and every morning,” James said, invoking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before taking direct aim at Trump. “It’s that stone of hope that allows me to wake up and to stand to Donald Trump and to say, Donald Trump, I’m not afraid of you.”

She added: “I am not going to disgrace [my ancestors] and disappoint them. I am going to use the law both as a sword and as a shield and challenge Donald Trump… because he represents to me sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

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