The group honored the California congresswoman with a "National Leadership Award" on Friday, according to Diversity Inc.

During her acceptance, Waters denounced President Trump, prompting applause from the audience of media leaders.

"I want you, in whatever way that you do, to please allocate all of the front pages to the get-out-the-vote operations in our communities," she told the group of predominately black-owned paper publishers.

"It is no secret … that I don't like" Trump, she said, drawing laughs and cheers.

"I knew that this president should not be in the White House when I saw the way that he conducted himself in the primary campaign," Waters said.

"No, I don't like him," she continued. "Yes, I have worked against him. No, I didn't go to his inauguration. No, I didn't go to his State of the Union. No, I do not go to the White House. No, I do not engage with him," she said as the applause grew louder.