Maxine Waters: Republicans defining protests as ‘mob rule,’ don’t believe what you see with own eyes
October 10, 2018 | Frieda Powers
Rep. Maxine Waters unloaded on Republicans for their “absolutely ridiculous†claims that protests last week were a form of “mob rule.â€
The California Democrat blasted the GOP and President Donald Trump for trying to “take protest away from us,†referring to Capitol Hill demonstrations during the confirmation process of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“Congresswoman, you’ve seen Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley and others in the wake of all these protesters in the Senate saying basically, this is mob rule, we’re being ‘literally assaulted’ in the words of Mitch McConnell,†MSNBC’s Chris Hayes said Tuesday in an interview with Waters.
“What do you think about that?†Hayes asked.
“Well, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous, and it is not believable,†Waters replied.
“As a matter of fact, this country was built on peaceful protest. And those of us who were part of the civil rights movement, who understood the power of protest taught by Dr. Martin Luther King and others know that we cannot allow Donald Trump and anybody else to take protest away from us and to deem it to be violent and to try and make us look like a mob,†she said.
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