{"id":453180,"date":"2021-04-25T16:35:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=453180"},"modified":"2021-04-25T16:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:35:54","slug":"rep-maxine-waters-blasts-critics-for-getting-mad-at-her-rhetoric-when-police-keep-killing-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-maxine-waters-blasts-critics-for-getting-mad-at-her-rhetoric-when-police-keep-killing-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Maxine Waters Blasts Critics For Getting \u2018Mad\u2019 At Her Rhetoric \u2018When Police Keep Killing Us\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Frep-maxine-waters-blasts-critics-for-getting-mad-at-her-rhetoric-when-police-keep-killing-us%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=453180&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:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3707.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Saturday lashed out at critics who criticized her for her incendiary rhetoric, and suggested that people are angry at black people no matter what they do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we take a knee, they\u2019re mad. If we speak up like I do, they\u2019re mad. If we protest like Martin Luther King Jr. taught us to do, they\u2019re mad,\u201d Waters tweeted without specifying whom she was talking about. \u201cWhat is it that they expect us to do when police keep killing us?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.31320754717\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we take a knee, they\u2019re mad. If we speak up like I do, they\u2019re mad. If we protest like Martin Luther King Jr. taught us to do, they\u2019re mad. What is it that they expect us to do when police keep killing us?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMaxineWaters\/status\/1386121840930828288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Waters\u2019 comment came after a week during which she was in the spotlight for repeatedly making comments about the Derek Chauvin trial that many deemed inappropriate and inflammatory, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/waters-attacks-judge-way-off-track-not-credible-to-tie-me-to-appeal-gop-distracting-from-qanon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">judge<\/a> who presided over the trial.<\/p>\n<p>After traveling to Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, in the wake of Daunte Wright\u2019s death in an officer-involved shooting earlier this month, Waters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-maxine-waters-on-if-derek-chauvin-is-acquitted-get-more-confrontational-on-the-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> a crowd, \u201cWe\u2019re looking for a guilty verdict. We\u2019re looking for a guilty verdict. And we\u2019re looking to see if all of this [inaudible] that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf nothing does not happen, then we know, that we\u2019ve got to not only stay in the street, but we\u2019ve got to fight for justice, but I am very hopefully and I hope that we\u2019re going to get a verdict that will say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we don\u2019t, we cannot go away,\u201d she added. Regarding\u00a0what protesters should do if they do not get the verdict that they want, Waters replied, \u201cWell, we got to stay on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ve got to get more active. [We\u2019ve] got to get more confrontational. [We\u2019ve] got to make sure that they know we mean business,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) introduced a bill to formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-block-censure-holding-maxine-waters-accountable-for-alleged-incitement-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">censure<\/a> Waters for her remarks, but House Democrats blocked it.<\/p>\n<p>Waters also claimed after Daunte Wright\u2019s death that doing anything as a black person is potentially dangerous. \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">It is our unfortunate reality that driving while Black, running while Black, walking while Black, bird watching while Black, &#038; quite frankly \u2013 doing anything that any other person could do, but doing it while Black, too often ends in death. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#DaunteWright,\u201d Waters wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.592833876221\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is our unfortunate reality that driving while Black, running while Black, walking while Black, bird watching while Black, &#038; quite frankly \u2013 doing anything that any other person could do, but doing it while Black, too often ends in death. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DaunteWright?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DaunteWright<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMaxineWaters\/status\/1382117657000968192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wright was killed April 11 when police tried to arrest him after a traffic stop. Wright had a warrant out for his arrest for failing to appear at a court hearing regarding a misdemeanor weapons charge. When officers were trying to arrest him, he pulled away and attempted to enter his car, according to a summary of the fatal altercation from the Washington County Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Former police officer Kim Potter, who has since been formally charged with second-degree manslaughter, was arrested approximately 24 hours after the city announced she had submitted a letter of resignation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/waters-attacks-judge-way-off-track-not-credible-to-tie-me-to-appeal-gop-distracting-from-qanon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waters Attacks Judge: \u2018Way Off Track,\u2019 \u2018Not Credible\u2019 To Tie Me To Appeal; GOP Distracting From QAnon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Saturday lashed out at critics who criticized her for her incendiary rhetoric, and suggested that people are angry at black people no matter what they &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276687,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3707.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. 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