Pro-Abortion Group Hails ‘Defund The Police’ Activist As A Trailblazer
By Matthew Holloway |
The Arizona List, a pro-abortion lobbying group, hosted its 21st Annual Celebration on Saturday under the headline: “How we regroup and come back stronger.” The event featured Viridiana Hernandez, Executive Director of ‘Poder in Action,‘ who in 2020 called for “a world without police.” She was honored as a “trailblazer” alongside former Arizona Senator and current President/CEO of the Regional Center for Border Health Amanda Aguirre, and Anakarina Rodriguez of Mi Familia Vota.
The event was also attended by seven Democrat state legislators: Heley Creighton (LD7), J’aime Moraine (LD30), Marcia Smith (LD1), Nancy Hartl (LD7), Helen Hunter (LD10), Kim Moschetti (LD14) and Cochise County Supervisor Theresa Walsh. As reported by the AZ Mirror in June 2020, Hernandez spoke at a demonstration hosted by Black Mother’s Forum outside the Phoenix City Council demanding the defunding of the Phoenix Police Department. “Today we are here to dream of a world without police,” she told the protesters. “Reform is not enough… It is not possible. We ultimately need to abolish the system that exists and together create a new world.”
CNN Commentator and former Hillary Clinton adviser Karen Finney was a featured speaker at the event as well. Finney, suggested in a post to X on Friday that President Donald Trump “might be a danger to the U.S.,” and that Republicans are “letting Putin play Trump like a fiddle.”
Finney also referred to Vice President JD Vance as “completely irrelevant,” and described Trump’s disagreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that day as “despicable but predictable.” She also accused the President of doing Putin’s bidding saying, “Without lifting a finger he’s got Trump fighting his battle and looking like an ass.”
In posts to Facebook, the pro-abortion group shared posts from Pima County Supervisor Adelita S. Grijalva who wrote, “No better way to kick off Women’s History Month than with the 21st Annual Arizona List Celebration, honoring elected women and women in leadership throughout the state of Arizona who are working to make a difference in their communities!”
Elma Alvarez a Tucson Democrat nominee to fill the vacant LD20 State House seat of Andrés Cano wrote, “It was truly uplifting to celebrate incredible women at the annual Arizona List celebration. Two extraordinary women I’m privileged to know, Anakarina Rodriguez and Claire Knipe, were honored. The Arizona List is a remarkable organization that empowers pro-choice women to achieve public office.“
Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com.