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Congresswoman Maxine Waters made headlines and raised eyebrows when the California Democrat showed up in the middle of a volatile crowd in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota in April. She called for agitators who'd already turned violent "to stay in the streets" and "get more active, more confrontational" ahead of a verdict in the trial of now-convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. "We are looking for a guilty verdict," Waters told media on the scene.
At the time, Katie reported on the hypocritical request Waters made for security on her jaunt to the North Star State:
New documents obtained by Townhall show Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters requested an armed police escort to Minneapolis over the weekend, where she called for violent activists to "stay in the streets" during a protest against law enforcement. Waters flew from Dulles International Airport to Minnesota-St. Paul International Airport on Saturday, April 17, just days ahead of a verdict in the George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin trial. That night, Waters went to meet with protestors and demanded a guilty verdict for Chauvin "or else."
What
we didn't know at the time was where the security personnel assigned to
Waters came from and what her request meant for their usual duties. But
now we do.........To Read More....
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