Ever," singer Brandi Carlile said in a statement explaining her decision to pull out of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. “Respectfully, I absolutely cannot support Kirstjen Nielsen having a voice among the most powerful and inspiring women in America,” Carlile tweeted Monday morning. The Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit is a gathering of prominent women across industries, taking place Monday through Wednesday. Singer Brandi Carlile has become the third person to withdraw from the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., this week, in protest over the event giving a platform to Kirstjen Nielsen , President Donald Trump’s former homeland security secretary. Activists have been pressuring the summit organizers to rescind their invitation to Nielsen, who is scheduled to speak on Tuesday.

Source: Huffington Post October 21, 2019 16:17 UTC