Pfft: Fani Willis Testimony Evokes Long Standing Frustration for Black Women Leaders

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. But as she parried questions about her own personal conduct from the witness stand against the legal teams for defendants her office has accused of election interference, many Black women recognized a dispiriting scene.

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“It absolutely feels familiar. There is no secret that the common sentiment among Black women in positions of power (is that they) must over-perform to be seen as equals to their counterparts,” said Jessica T. Ornsby, a family litigation attorney in the Washington, D.C., area.

“Here, Ms. Willis is being scrutinized for things that are not directly related to her job performance, in ways we see other Black women regularly picked apart,” Ornsby said.

Willis testified during an extraordinary hearing that could result in her office being removed from the state’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump. She was questioned Thursday about her relationship with the attorney leading her office’s prosecution, Nathan Wade.

Beege Welborn

Holy cow - they are so blind, they do not see. The more they play this card, the more they lose what little sympathy was left in the country.

This is flat-out disgusting. And any of the supposed black women leaders who are making excuses for this trainwreck? Should be ashamed to have opened their mouths in public like that.

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