{"id":434139,"date":"2021-04-20T09:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=434139"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:59:48","slug":"watch-trying-to-tilt-the-scales-of-justice-with-threats-mcconnell-tears-into-maxine-waters-for-her-chauvin-trial-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trying-to-tilt-the-scales-of-justice-with-threats-mcconnell-tears-into-maxine-waters-for-her-chauvin-trial-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018Trying To Tilt The Scales Of Justice With Threats\u2019: McConnell Tears Into Maxine Waters For Her Chauvin Trial Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fwatch-trying-to-tilt-the-scales-of-justice-with-threats-mcconnell-tears-into-maxine-waters-for-her-chauvin-trial-rhetoric%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=434139&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2736.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaking on the floor of the United States Senate on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) denounced Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) for her widely condemned comments regarding the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. He likened Waters\u2019 comments, which included the statement \u201cWe\u2019re looking for a guilty verdict,\u201d to \u201cwindow-shopping or ordering off a menu,\u201d then accused her of \u201ctrying to tilt the scales of justice with threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast summer our nation began grappling, in a renewed way, with anger and pain, at the fact that our progress toward racial justice remains unfinished,\u201d McConnell began. \u201cRightly understood, this is not a struggle against our nation\u2019s founding principles and central pillars. Rather, it is a journey to make America even more faithful to itself, to ensure that life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and equal justice under law are indeed the birthright of every single American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He turned to the destructive impact of the riots of 2020: \u201cUnfortunately, some of last summer\u2019s demonstrations devolved into violent and destructive riots. Small businesses were looted; civic monuments were defaced, and government buildings attacked, Not just insults, but rocks and Molotov cocktails were thrown at the good men and women of law enforcement. These were efforts to use violence and disorder as a political tactic to influence or overrule our democratic processes and our justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then McConnell segued to the Chauvin trial: \u201cNow, over the last few weeks, Minneapolis returned to center stage with the trial of the police officer who was accused of killing George Floyd last May. Again, the causes of civil rights, equal justice and the rule of law tell us that this trial, and every trial, must go forward, without social pressure, political considerations, and certainly violent threats playing a role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single American deserves a fair trial,\u201d McConnell asserted. \u201cThis is sacred. You do not balance the scales of justice by trying to tip them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell then targeted Waters: \u201cAnd yet, this past weekend, one Democratic House member from California took it upon herself to visit the protesters in Minneapolis. She said, \u2018We\u2019re looking for a guilty verdict.\u2019 Like somebody window-shopping or ordering off a menu, she\u2019s looking for a guilty verdict. If that verdict is not reached, the Congresswoman said demonstrators should not\u00a0only \u2018stay in the streets,\u2019 \u2018We\u2019ve gotta get more active and confrontational and make sure they know we mean business.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s harder to imagine anything more inappropriate than a member of Congress flying in from California to inform local leaders \u2014 not so subtly \u2014 that this defendant had better be found guilty or else there will be big trouble in the streets,\u201d McConnell snapped. \u201cAgain, so much of our nation\u2019s quest for civil rights and equal justice has been the fight to get rid \u2014 get rid \u2014 of extrajudicial violence. To get rid of rigged trials where the outcome was molded by public sentiment or angry mobs. It is beyond the pale for a sitting member of the United States Congress to look at what happened last summer and imply there should be some kind of a sequel \u2014\u00a0a sequel!\u00a0\u2014 if a legal case does not unfold as she thinks it should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a few hours after those comments, two members \u2014 two members of the National Guard were on site in Minneapolis, keeping the peace, were targeted in a drive-by shooting,\u201d McConnell noted. \u201cThankfully, neither was seriously injured, but let\u2019s hope it doesn\u2019t take an injury or a fatality to remind politicians that their words actually have consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell then attacked Democrats for their double standard as they had attacked former President Trump for his comments preceding the January 6 Capitol riot but their reticence to condemn Waters\u2019 comments: \u201cEarlier this year, of course, the country heard many strong opinions from Democrats about whether leaders bear responsibility when reckless words precede criminal violence. Instead of trying to tilt the scales of justice with threats, policy makers should actually focus on making policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mitch McConnell SLAMS Maxine Waters over comments on trial of Derek Chauvin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sN7lUtgQHkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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