Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been a groundbreaking, transformative leader whose vision, tenacity, dogged determination, and tireless work over decades has fundamentally changed the policy landscape to improve the lives of people and communities across the nation.

Yesterday, voters across the country made their voices heard, sending a clear message about the policies they want and need, and repudiating the aggressive rollbacks that have undermined women’s rights and progress.

President Trump’s move to flood Washington, D.C. with federal law enforcement and National Guard troops is nothing short of an authoritarian stunt reminiscent of North Korean or Russian displays of power.

National Partnership for Women & Families strongly condemns the recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump attempting to undo important progress. These orders, some of dubious legality, represent a dangerous overreach of executive power and undermine the principles of freedom, democracy, and fairness upon which this nation was built.

Our mission at the National Partnership to make concrete improvements in the lives of women and families is not contingent on any one candidate or any one election. We are squarely focused on pursuing the policies that women say they want and need and the policies that can make their lives better, help them navigate work-family conflicts, access reproductive health care, become economically stable, and secure fair pay.

Across the country women are heading to the polls to vote in one of the most pivotal elections of our time. In addition to voting for candidates, voters will also weigh in on critical ballot initiatives that may expand access to abortion and access to paid sick leave. In the midst of this, we are seeing continued attacks on our democracy and the right to vote – an issue that we know is deeply connected to women’s ability to have equity in all aspects of our lives.