LaMonica McIver: “They want to criminalize oversight and lock me up. Whatever they try, we’re not backing down.”

I have, literally, the president of the United States and the Department of Justice trying to send me to jail for 17 years. That’s very frightening.

There’s not enough research, and there’s not enough dollars being put into it. There’s not enough care around preventing this, or even finding out why it’s happening.

Today’s decision chills that authority and emboldens the Trump administration to continue persecuting our most vulnerable communities.

These times are hard and it’s been an uphill battle against an administration that wants us scared and silent. But I love the 10th and I do this for us. I am humbled to have the confidence of the voters and to keep working for them every…