Should Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) be punished? That seems to be the general consensus among the GOP after she literally called for activists and protesters to “get more confrontational” on the streets of Minnesota if former police officer is not convicted for murder in the death of George Floyd.
Indeed, the consensus is growing, simply because House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has now promised that he is going to take action against Maxine Waters if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doesn’t act. Now that Chauvin has been convicted, one wonders if there will be any action against Waters at all.
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Maxine Waters made a Saturday appearance in Brooklyn Center, and she said, “We’re looking for a guilty verdict. We’re looking for a guilty verdict. We are also looking to see if all of this that has taken place after what happened to George Floyd. If nothing happens, then we have to stay in the street. Nothing short of ‘guilty, guilty, guilty’ will suffice. Otherwise, we must stay in the street.”
There was a tremendous amount of reactions to Maxine Waters’ comments. First of all, the New York Post Editorial Board said that the California Congresswoman was “attempting to create a civil war” and thy believed that it was only fair for House Speaker to remove Nancy Pelosi to move to remove Waters from her office or, at the very least, to strip her of her committee assignments.
“If you judge Maxine Waters by her own standards, then she should be impeached and no longer able to serve,” the board stated.
Other voices chimed in as well.
“The Democrats are very active in encouraging riots and violence,” Cruz said. “They want to tear all of us apart.”
BlazeTV host and comedian Steven Crowder said that “if Trump was removed from Facebook AND Twitter for saying MUCH LESS than this and he was ‘inciting violence’, then shouldn’t Maxine Waters be brought up on federal charges and impeached?”
“This is an insurrection,” attorney and columnist Kurt Schlicter added.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) tweeted out his opinion on the matter: “The Radical Left doesn’t care if they are burning your towns, if the streets are violent, or if the police are too defunded to defend your community. All the Left has to do is to continue to appease their anti-American base and the liberals will say that their job is done.”
Finally, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy remained steadfast in his conviction that he will bring action against Maxine Water if Pelosi fails to do so. “If Speaker Pelosi doesn’t act to stop this dangerous rhetoric, I am planning on bringing action this week.”
What do you think? Do you think that the left will be appeased now that Officer Chauvin has been convicted? Your comments are appreciated!