In a video shared on social media, the California congresswoman was heard calling for protesters to ignore a curfew.
Maxine Waters is marching in Brooklyn Center tonight and told people to take to the streets if Chauvin is acquitted pic.twitter.com/RemfvCCLAn
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 18, 2021
On Sunday, the hashtags #MaxineWaters was trending along with #BrooklynCenter and #DaunteWright to rally support for justice for Daunte Wright and George Floyd.
However, many critics of the liberal lawmaker have taken issue with her calls to become “more confrontational,” which they say was calling for protesters to commit acts of violence.
Impeach Maxine Waters for inciting insurrection https://t.co/Fd5Jioy6tW
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) April 19, 2021
Why is Maxine Waters traveling to a different state trying to incite a riot? What good can come from this? https://t.co/nXzV0trmN3
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 18, 2021
Welcome to the Democrat Party.
Even as the nation is witnessing nightly riots and violence against police, Maxine Waters prejudges an ongoing trial and urges a crowd to “get more confrontational” if she doesn’t like the verdict.https://t.co/YrpdO50zze
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) April 18, 2021
Two National Guard troops were injured after gunmen opened fire on their vehicles in Minneapolis. The attack came just hours after @RepMaxineWaters ordered BLM to be more confrontational. Waters should be arrested and expelled from Congress.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) April 18, 2021
Trump: “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” – Incites insurrection
Maxine Water: If Chauvin is acquitted, take to the streets. – Nothing to see here
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— Nick Fad🇺🇸 (@NicAtNigh) April 18, 2021
This isn’t the first time Waters has incited her supporters. In 2018, she told them to harass Trump administration officials.
“Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere,” she said.