{"id":1412814,"date":"2022-03-31T12:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412814"},"modified":"2022-03-31T12:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:29:44","slug":"reporter-says-maxine-waters-threatened-him-ahead-of-publishing-damaging-article-about-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-says-maxine-waters-threatened-him-ahead-of-publishing-damaging-article-about-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Says Maxine Waters Threatened Him Ahead of Publishing Damaging Article About Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freporter-says-maxine-waters-threatened-him-ahead-of-publishing-damaging-article-about-her%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Maxine Waters<\/strong> (D-CA) tried to prevent the publication of an unflattering story about a chaotic event in Los Angeles in which she clashed with homeless residents dropped an F-bomb on an activist.<\/p>\n<p>The story in question, from the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-03-30\/l-a-s-homeless-crisis-pain-confusion-and-a-congressional-f-bomb-as-hundreds-seek-help\">LA Times<\/a><\/em>, centered on a March 25 incident in Los Angeles where hundreds of homeless people showed up to an event held by the nonprofit group Fathers and Mothers Who Care. Many of those who showed up said they had been given information on social media that housing vouchers were being given out at the event, something that was not true.<\/p>\n<p>Waters at one point told the crowd to \u201cgo home,\u201d to which someone in the crowd replied \u201cwe ain\u2019t got no home.\u201d The California representative told one woman to come back with the proper paperwork to apply for housing assistance filled out, which the woman told the <em>LA Times<\/em> she already had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have it, everything they asked for. But every time we get near the front of the line, they shut the door. They opened the door about 20 minutes ago and said they\u2019re not servicing anyone else today,\u201d the 77-year-old woman, named <strong>Joyce Burnett<\/strong>, told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>During Waters\u2019 testy exchanges with the crowd, she also snapped at a comment from an advocate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcuse me, there\u2019s nobody in Washington who works for their people any f*cking harder than I do,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear this. No, no, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a later chat with the <em>LA Times<\/em>, Waters would not provide further details on her comments and chalked up questions about the confusion at the event as \u201ca bunch of rumors.\u201d Waters also issued a warning to the journalist covering the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll hurt yourself and the community trying to put this together without background,\u201d the Democrat said. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to start trying to write it, you won\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waters\u2019 district director, <strong>Blanca Jiminez<\/strong>, similarly stonewalled questions about the event, instead sending the <em>LA Times<\/em> \u201ca TV station\u2019s glowing coverage of Waters\u2019 appearance at the Friday event along with an image of Waters addressing the crush of people in the heart of her congressional district,\u201d according to the paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone shared this photo with the office,\u201d Jimenez said. \u201cIsn\u2019t she brave?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local news stations covered the chaos, including Rep. Waters speaking to the crowd using a police vehicle\u2019s mic.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above, via ABC.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have a tip we should know? <a href=\"mailto:tips@mediaite.com\">tips@mediaite.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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