Officer slams door in Rep. Maxine Waters' face when she tries to check in on union president arrested in ICE rioting



Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California angrily denounced the Trump administration after she was denied entry into a detention center while the Los Angeles ICE riots raged on.

Waters tried to cite her congressional authority of oversight when she approached the door of the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A., but a law enforcement officer rebuffed the 86-year-old and slammed the door shut as she grabbed at it.

'I pled with the National Guard, which was heavily armed, not to use their weapons against peaceful demonstrators who were simply exercising their rights to freedom of speech and protest.'

"Hello, hello, hello!" she said to a California National Guard officer at the door, which was secured with plywood. "I just came to use my congressional authority to check on [SEIU union President] David Huerta."

"Ma’am, our lobby is secure right now to all visitors," the officer said to her before closing the door on her.

Video of the interaction went viral on social media. A separate video shows her also addressing some of the Guard troops providing security outside.

"This is Trump and his outrageous attempt to not only target our sanctuary city, but to frighten us and intimidate us. This is wrong, and I hope that none of you will use those guns to shoot anybody," she told them, "and allow them to make your service a service when you're killing people."

Huerta was arrested just as the rioting began on Friday evening during a protest against ICE deportations. His union immediately claimed that he was merely expressing his First Amendment right to "observe and document" law enforcement activity.

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Waters released a statement about the incident at the detention center soon afterward.

"Today, I came to the Metropolitan Detention Center to exercise my constitutional rights as a Member of Congress to check on the safety and conditions of SEIU California President David Huerta, who was arrested by ICE," she wrote.

"I pled with the National Guard, which was heavily armed, not to use their weapons against peaceful demonstrators who were simply exercising their rights to freedom of speech and protest," she added. "All people deserve to be treated with dignity and due process under the law. Peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations are critical to protecting our constitutional rights!"

Huerta was also reportedly injured when he was arrested. On Monday, prosecutors said he was going to be charged with conspiracy to impede an officer.

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The riots raged on throughout the weekend, with violent protesters attacking federal agents, as well as the Los Angeles Police Department officers who eventually came to their aid. Several cars were lit on fire, including some Waymo autonomous cabs.

Some in the mainstream media have been lambasted on social media for trying to downplay the rioting after President Donald Trump said he would activate the National Guard.

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Chip Roy DESTROYS Maxine Waters using HER OWN words

Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas) is known for dropping truth bombs on Capitol Hill, and earlier this week, he dropped a doozie on one of his colleagues from across the aisle.

During debate over a congressional resolution to formally condemn "the horrors of socialism," Roy confronted Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) about past statements that she had made threatening to nationalize the oil industry.

The exchange appeared to be quite uncomfortable for the California Democrat, as she tried to deflect by changing the topic to Social Security and Medicare. Roy refused to let up, continually asking whether she will renounce her previous statements in support of socializing segments of the economy.

Watch the full exchange in the video below:

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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy threatens action against Maxine Waters as calls to punish her mount after she allegedly incites protesters



Calls to punish Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) have mounted after she called for protesters and activists to "get more confrontational" on Minnesota's streets if former police officer Derek Chauvin is not convicted for murder in the death of George Floyd.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also promised to bring action against her if Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) chooses not to act.

What are the details?

During a Saturday appearance in Brooklyn Center, Waters said, "We're looking for a guilty verdict. We're looking for a guilty verdict. And we're looking to see if all of this ... that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd. If nothing does not happen, then we know that we've got to not only stay in the street, but we've got to fight for justice, but I am very hopeful and I hope that we're going to get a verdict that will say 'guilty, guilty, guilty.' And if we don't, we cannot go away."

She added that activists must "stay on the street" if Chauvin is not convicted and insisted that demonstrators have to "get more active."

"[We've] got to get more confrontational," the Democratic lawmaker insisted. "[We've] got to make sure that they know we mean business."

What has been the response?

In a statement, the New York Post editorial board said that the California congresswoman was "trying to create a civil war" and that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ought to strip Waters of her committee assignments and "move for a vote to remove Waters from office."

A lengthy op-ed added, "In supporting the second impeachment of President Trump, California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters said he was 'inciting' his followers, and was 'trying to create a Civil War.'"

"By her own standards, Maxine Waters should be impeached and removed," the board noted.

Other notable voices included Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who said that Democrats were "actively encouraging riots & violence."

"They want to tear us apart," he added.

Democrats actively encouraging riots & violence. They want to tear us apart.“'We gotta stay on the street,' Wat… https://t.co/SdJslGdKea
— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz)1618751756.0

Comedian and BlazeTV host Steven Crowder added, "If Trump was removed from Twitter AND Facebook for 'inciting violence' then Maxine Waters needs to be federally charged and impeached."

If Trump was removed from Twitter AND Facebook for “inciting violence” then Maxine Waters needs to be federally cha… https://t.co/9pkiiRb5fk
— Steven Crowder (@Steven Crowder)1618757579.0

Attorney and columnist Kurt Schlicter added, "This is an insurrection."

This is an insurrection https://t.co/6ja9Yvh4dG
— Kurt Schlichter (@Kurt Schlichter)1618752980.0

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) tweeted, "The Radical Left don't care if your towns are burning, if there's violence in your streets, or if the police are too defunded to defend their communities. As long as the Left appeases their anti-America base, their job is done."

The Radical Left don’t care if your towns are burning, if there’s violence in your streets, or if the police are to… https://t.co/J03jJ7N3eP
— Rep Andy Biggs (@Rep Andy Biggs)1618752880.0

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday night vowed that if Pelosi doesn't bring action against Waters, he will.

"Maxine Waters is inciting violence in Minneapolis — just as she has incited it in the past," he tweeted. "If Speaker Pelosi doesn't act against this dangerous rhetoric, I will bring action this week."

Maxine Waters is inciting violence in Minneapolis — just as she has incited it in the past. If Speaker Pelosi doesn… https://t.co/iUicQJYq3f
— Kevin McCarthy (@Kevin McCarthy)1618793152.0

Maxine Waters on conservative black voters: 'I will never, ever forgive them' for Trump vote



Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blasted conservative black voters during a recent interview with SiriusXM host Joe Madison, saying that she'd "never, ever forgive them" for voting for President Donald Trump.

What are the details?

Waters, who appeared on "The Joe Madison Show" to discuss the forthcoming presidential election, said that she would never forgive young black Trump voters if they cast a ballot for the incumbent.

In her clearly biased remarks, Waters, 82, said that she could not fathom how black Americans could vote for the president and shredded "black young men who think somehow they can align themselves with Trump."

"It just hurts me so bad to see blacks talking about supporting Trump," she admitted. "I don't know why they would be doing it. I don't know what's on their minds."

Waters asserted that if Trump is indeed elected to a second term, the country will crumble into a state of permanent disrepair.

"The divisiveness that this deplorable human being has caused, the confrontation, the dog-whistling to the right wing, the white supremacists, the KKK, and they are coming alive," she continued. "They are emboldened because they've got a leader."

The Democratic congresswoman said that the president is nothing more than a racist who has no "appreciation for black people" and "black women in particular."

"He has no respect for us," she added. "He is not doing anything for us. For those black young men who think somehow they can align themselves with Trump, not only are they terribly mistaken, any of them showing their face, I will never, ever forgive them for undermining the possibility to help their own people and their own communities."

Calling a black vote for the president "unconscionable," Waters said that Trump will never, ever listen to black voices.

"Black men who don't understand if they're not listening to you, if they're not listening to our voices, they have a price to pay," she insisted. "The years to come, if they help put Trump over, and help him get elected, they will go down in history as having done the most despicable thing to their families, and to their communities, and to their mothers and their grandmothers. ... They will shamefully be accused of having attributed to the lack of equality for life for the people they claim to love so much."

(H/T: The Daily Caller)