U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, has cancelled a planned trip to Birmingham due to security concerns. She was scheduled to speak Friday at an annual conference for black female politicians, local officials and community leaders.
Waters was supposed to address an audience of black women for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative (NOBEL) Women's Annual Legislative Conference, which starts today and ends Sunday. But NOBEL President Karen Camper, a state representative from Tennessee, confirmed that Waters was no longer coming because of security reasons. Details about the safety concerns have not been released and it's not known if a specific threat were made.
"Maxine Waters' strength, determination and spirit always inspires us and will permeate throughout this conference," Camper said in a statement.
Waters' cancellation comes during a time when both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are criticizing remarks she made during an immigration rally telling citizens to publicly confront members of President Donald Trump's administration. Her statement was made in response to Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which led to the separation of children from families at the Mexico border.
"Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up," Waters said during the rally. "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. We've got to get the children connected to their parents."
Multiple lawmakers, such as House Majority Kevin McCarthy, have asked Waters to apologize for her statements.
"We have to have civility," McCarthy told Fox News during an interview on Monday. "I can disagree with somebody philosophically, but to personally attack -- to remove somebody and not serve them? What's interesting to me, the people who claim tolerance seem to be the most intolerant in this process."
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. Luke 11:21
"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush
She would not be able to handle her own medicine. She is used to being uncriticizable because she is a black female, but her stupidity wore that insulating barrier away.
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter: Details about the safety concerns have not been released and it's not known if a specific threat were made.
What a crock of bullshit.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
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Can dish it out but can't take it there, eh Maxxie??
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter: Details about the safety concerns have not been released and it's not known if a specific threat were made.
What a crock of bullshit.
Exactly.
I guarantee you the before today, 99% of folks had no clue she was even coming. Like 45 Cal said - attention whore move on her part - drum up drama where there is none.
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, has cancelled a planned trip to Birmingham due to a misunderstanding She was scheduled to speak Friday at an annual conference for white male politicians, local officials and community leaders.
Waters was supposed to address an audience of white men at the National Organization of White Elected Legislative (NOWEL) Men's Annual Legislative Conference, which starts today and ends Sunday. But NOWEL President Happy Camper, a state representative from Tennessee, confirmed that Waters was no longer coming because her secretary's scheduling error was more than embarrassing.
Waters' cancellation comes during a time when both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are criticizing remarks she made during an immigration rally telling citizens to publicly confront members of President Donald Trump's administration. Her statement was made in response to Trump's status as an older white male.
With apologies to Al.com
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