However, it is incumbent upon Democrats to fight, fight, fight to try and stop him from having this appointment. She added, “So I am hoping that certainly, they would be more respectful, he would be more respectful, and he wouldn’t act in this manner. This certainly will sign that and seal it that he will be in control at least for the time that he is the president of the United States.” This is about the president of the United States having control over the United States Supreme Court for sure. Don’t you dare think about your re-election. Don’t you dare attempt to make any commitments. So that note is basically saying don’t you dare interact with any of the Democrats. He sent a note out to the other Republicans in the Senate telling them to hold their water, don’t do anything, that there was going to be a vote on the floor. So I fully expect that he would act this way. He has not been the kind of leader that cares about fairness at all. He’s held up, you know, legislation that we have sent to him.
He’s carrying out the wishes of the president. He’s attempting to do what he has shown us he is willing to do no matter what, whether it makes good sense, whether it’s right, whether it’s wrong. Waters said, “I think McConnell is McConnell. Several sponsors pulled out, despite some having backed other performances in which a leader resembling President Barack Obama was assassinated.Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) urged Democrats to “fight, fight, fight” to stop President Donald Trump’s nominee from replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a Saturday appearance on MSNBC. Soon after, there was a similar outcry over a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in New York, in which a Trump-like leader was killed. In May, comedian Kathy Griffin lost a job with CNN, and was the subject of a Secret Service investigation, after the huge backlash to her stunt in which she posed with a bloodied, severed head of Trump. This is not the first time that Trump supporters have become enraged about what they have claimed are comments that represent inciting violence against the president. At the time of publication, a Waters spokesperson had not responded to a request for comment. She talked about essentially assassinating the president."Įven Starr Hopkins said that Waters should clarify her "irresponsible" remarks. She could have said impeachment if she wanted impeachment. "'Hey, let's go get the president,' that's essentially what she was saying," he said. Jones, though, disputed that Waters's latest comments represented merely her latest call for impeachment. Waters has also called for others to follow her lead in pushing for the president to be removed from office. She has accused him of obstructing justice and has said there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia's attempts to fix the election, even as investigations into that interference remain ongoing. Jones's fellow guest, Democratic strategist Michael Starr Hopkins, retorted that, while Waters's language was loose, he believes she was referring to impeachment.Īmong Democrats, Waters has been the most outspoken advocate of impeaching President Donald Trump. This is the type of behavior that sends these people out to assassinate Republicans."
"I'm not so concerned about Maxine Waters I'm concerned about the people that listen to her-the people that tried to assassinate Republican congressmen at a baseball field.
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"I'm a free speech person and I'm a libertarian, but when you incite violence that should be investigated," Jones said. Related: Trump colluded with Russia and will be impeached, says Maxine WatersĪppearing on morning show Fox and Friends, conservative commentator Lawrence Jones claimed that Waters's words had dangerous implications, particularly in the wake of the June shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice that left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in intensive care. A guest on Fox News Monday said that Democratic Representative Maxine Waters's call to "take Trump out" was the sort of talk that "leads to assassination attempts on Republican lawmakers." Waters, who represents California, said that "I will go and take Trump out tonight" during an event in New York City earlier this month.
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