During interviews with Cong. Danny K. Davis and State Rep. La Shawn Ford about their plans to seek the 7th District congressional seat in 2026, they each offered their takes on recent actions by President Donald Trump.
“This is heavy-handedness,” Davis said of Trump’s response to peaceful protest demonstrations against his polices and actions. “People in this country believe in the right to protest. Our country was founded on protest.”
Davis said he was deeply concerned at the Trump administration’s demonstrated unwillingness to use established government mechanisms to respond to differences of opinion.
“You work cooperatively with others to change the law,” he said. “That’s not what I see the president doing, not what I see ICE doing, not what I see DHS doing.”
Ford said, “I definitely believe in protecting democracy. I don’t believe the current president respects democracy and the Constitution.”
Addressing last Saturday’s No Kings protests, Ford said, “The only way we’ll protect democracy is to stand up against (what Trump is doing).”
