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Rep. Maxine Waters: ‘The tea party can go straight to hell’
California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who had some tough words for the leaders of her own party last week, took aim at the other side on Saturday, saying that the tea party could "go straight to hell."
"I'm not afraid of anybody," Waters said at a weekend community meeting in Inglewood, California. "This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell."
Waters' comments begin at 1:55 in the video from the ABC News affiliate in Los Angeles, KABC:
Reps hear 'Kitchen Table Summit' concerns | Video | abc7.com
At a job fair in Detroit last week, the 11-term congresswoman said that black members of Congress were growing "tired" of defending President Barack Obama in the face of high unemployment rates.
"We do not put pressure on the president because y'all love the president," Waters said. "You are very proud to have a black man as president for the very first time in the history of the United States of America. ... The Congressional Black Caucus loves the president, too. We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired. We're getting tired. The unemployment is unconscionable. We don't know what the strategy is."
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I wish I couldve been back home in the D to see her live.
Rep. Maxine Waters reminds me a little of Shirley Chisom, another black congresswoman who wasnt afraid to speak her mind & was a TRUE PROGRESSIVE. That's what we need more of to fight back against these right wing tea bagging idiots. She said it right! "THE TEA PARTY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL!" I just wish MORE people had the courage to say it & stick by it!
California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who had some tough words for the leaders of her own party last week, took aim at the other side on Saturday, saying that the tea party could "go straight to hell."
"I'm not afraid of anybody," Waters said at a weekend community meeting in Inglewood, California. "This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell."
Waters' comments begin at 1:55 in the video from the ABC News affiliate in Los Angeles, KABC:
Reps hear 'Kitchen Table Summit' concerns | Video | abc7.com
At a job fair in Detroit last week, the 11-term congresswoman said that black members of Congress were growing "tired" of defending President Barack Obama in the face of high unemployment rates.
"We do not put pressure on the president because y'all love the president," Waters said. "You are very proud to have a black man as president for the very first time in the history of the United States of America. ... The Congressional Black Caucus loves the president, too. We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired. We're getting tired. The unemployment is unconscionable. We don't know what the strategy is."
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I wish I couldve been back home in the D to see her live.
Rep. Maxine Waters reminds me a little of Shirley Chisom, another black congresswoman who wasnt afraid to speak her mind & was a TRUE PROGRESSIVE. That's what we need more of to fight back against these right wing tea bagging idiots. She said it right! "THE TEA PARTY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL!" I just wish MORE people had the courage to say it & stick by it!
