In 2018, California congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Democrat, called for radicals to publicly lynch her political rivals. The 85-year-old lefty has reportedly realized her strategy is not only inappropriate but possibly racist after getting a taste of her own medicine.
As she ran for an 18th term in Congress, Waters imagined herself to be the face of the “resistance” against Trump. “History will remember when [Trump] attempted to stomp on all of us, we kicked him in his behind and stepped on him,” she said to a throng outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles during a June 2018 toy drive, fully embracing her position.
Waters said, “You have not seen anything yet if you think we are rallying now.”
“Already, some of your cabinet members are facing harassment at restaurants and demonstrators outside their home chanting, ‘No peace, no sleep!’ No calm, no sleep!” The elderly radical went on.
In a previous incident, Waters was alluding to a group of Democratic socialists who had ambushed Kirstjen Nielsen, the then-secretary of homeland security, as she tried to dine at a Mexican restaurant. “Kirstjen Nielsen, you are a villain, locking up immigrant children,” the demonstrators said, mocking Nielsen for trying to guard the border and uphold American sovereignty.
“Let us make sure everyone shows up wherever we can, and if you see somebody from that cabinet in a restaurant, or a department store, or at a gasoline station, you need to get out and you make a crowd, and you push back against them, and you tell them they are not welcome any more, anywhere,” Waters said to the crowd at the charity event, clearly endorsing the tactic.
Recently, a video clip from an undated interview with Waters went viral, in which she hinted that she would not tolerate this kind of harassment if it were directed against her.
According to Waters, there was an incident in which someone confronted her in a restaurant. It seems that the Democrat took the criticism as a positive indicator of a “racist mentality.”
“They claim they do not like what I said, but they do not say anything racist. They disagree with the stance I adopted.”
“But you know it, you know that you would not be treated that way if you were not black,” continues Waters.
Online, a plethora of critics ridiculed Waters’ statements, with several retorts citing her alleged calls for violence that extended beyond the Democrat’s 2018 statements.
In the event that former police officer Derek Chauvin was not found guilty of George Floyd’s murder, Waters issued marching instructions to potential rioters during Chauvin’s murder trial.
The congresswoman from the Democratic Party remarked, “Well, we have to stay on the street.” And we need to start moving more. You need to engage in more conflict. You must ensure that they understand our seriousness.”
