Maxine Waters - April 15, 2021: Rep. Maxine Waters told Rep. Jim Jordan, “You need to respect the chair and shut your mouth,” during a House hearing on COVID-19 on April 15, 2021.
More Maxine - April 17, 2021: Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday night called for protesters to "stay on the street" and "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in the killing of George Floyd.
The comments by Waters, a California Democrat and icon among progressives, were immediately seized on by Republicans who claimed that Waters was inciting violence. The congresswoman denied in a subsequent interview that she was encouraging violence, but the remarks come at a time of immense national tension amid several high-profile killings of Black people at the hands of police officers and as American cities brace for a fresh wave of protests as the Chauvin trial nears a close.
Waters said she was in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Saturday night to show her support for protesters amid ongoing protests over the police killing of Daunte Wright and to also support his family.
"We've got to stay in the street and demand justice," Waters said to reporters.
"We're looking for a guilty verdict and we're looking to see if all of the talk that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd. If nothing does not happen, then we know that we got to not only stay in the street, but we have got to fight for justice," she added.
Asked what protesters should do if there is no guilty verdict, Waters said protests should continue. "We got to stay on the street. And we've got to get more active, we've got to get more confrontational. We've got to make sure that they know that we mean business," she said.
Asked about the curfew put in place, Waters said, "I don't think anything about curfew. Curfew means I want you all to stop talking. I want you to stop meeting. I want you to stop gathering. I don't agree with that."
Here it is, read it an weep:
Waters: “We are looking for a guilty verdict, we are looking for a guilty verdict and we are looking to see if all of the talk that took place and has been taking place, after they saw what happened to George Floyd, if nothing does not happen then we know, uh, that we have got to not only stay in the street, but we have got to fight for justice. But I am very hopeful and I hope that we are going to get a verdict that say guilty, guilty, guilty and if we don’t, we cannot go away.”
Question: “And not just Manslaughter, right?"
Waters: “Oh no, not manslaughter, no, no, no this is guilty for murder. I don’t know if it’s in the first degree but as far as I’m concerned it’s first-degree murder.”
Question: “Congresswoman, what happens if we do not get what you just told, what should the people do, what should protestors on the street do?”
Representative Waters: “…I didn’t hear you.”
Repeated question: “What should protestors do…”
Waters: “Well, we gotta stay on the street, and we have got to get more active, we have to get more confrontational, we have got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Question: “What do you think about curfew tonight?”
Waters: “I don’t think anything about curfew. I don’t know what curfew means. Curfew means I want you to stop talking. It means I want you to stop leading. I want you to stop gathering. I don’t agree with that.”
Question: “Are you going to stay out here?”
Waters: “I’m not going to stay out here. I came here from Washington just to be here to make sure that I let my voice be heard among all of those who have been putting so much time on the street. I’m hopeful that the protests will continue.”
Can this have an impact on the Derek Chauvin trial? Possibly, yes.
Judge Cahill Says Maxine Waters’ Comments Could Cause Derek Chauvin Trial to be Overturned - Judge Cahill said, “I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” during Derek Chauvin’s trial on April 19, 2021.
From the transcript: Mr. Nelson: "Correct, Your Honor. Your Honor, as the court is aware, prior to coming into court this morning for our closing arguments, we had in chambers discussion about events of this weekend, specifically referencing that an elected official, a United States Congressperson, was making what I interpreted to be and what I think are reasonably interpreted to be, threats against the sanctity of the jury process, threatening and intimidating a jury, demanding that if there’s not a guilty verdict that there would be further problems, Your Honor. And given the fact that this jury has not been sequestered, it has been my position all along throughout the course of this case that this jury should have been sequestered at the outset, the jury has not been continually told to stay away from media, only media, about this case."
Here is a question you might want to ask: Why is Maxine Waters traveling to a different state trying to incite a riot? What good can come from this?
And then we have Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi backed up Waters on Monday, arguing that the Democratic congresswoman “absolutely” did not try to stoke violence by calling on Black Lives Matter protesters to “get more confrontational” if ex-Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted of killing George Floyd.
These two a real pieces of crap. Both Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi are complete disgraces to the United States.