I have often wondered if there might be anyone kind enough to tell Congresswoman Maxine Waters to take her position in the Invalids’ Corner. Now, it seems she has finally outdone herself. Yes, we all know the argument that “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” The truth, though, is that on both sides, it sets a dangerous precedent to attack those serving in any administration while they are in the public domain. Can Democrats not see the hordes of rifle-loving Republican wingnuts to chase them out of restaurants and parks should they ever take power?
One of my Republican friends, a hard-core Trump nut, told me earlier this year that each time Maxine Waters appears on television, Trump numbers go up – his supporters become more energized. And this makes perfect sense because Maxine Waters is a black woman legislator and a vocal Trump is naturally seen as “out of her place” by Trumpland. But unlike say a Senator Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters has repeatedly shown herself to be a bumbling idiot hogging for a space on television to vent her emotions – an accommodation that outlets like MSNBC frequently obliges. In this last iteration, though, she went completely off the rails with her advocacy of what seems to be Trump-style mob (yob) conduct in opposition.
Waters then went on MSNBC to reinforce her idiocy by stating that protesters are “going to absolutely harass them.” Remember her comments on the podium a few months back that she will run for President “if the people want me to”?
We know that running for president is now the latest brand-elevation attempt by the decent and charlatan alike in America. Everyone now sees it as a national path to household recognition, which can then be converted into speaking fees, board appointments, and television jobs as “contributors.” But for a backbencher who has hardly done anything for her constituent in over 27 years in Congress, this speaks volume. That she has never even made it anywhere close to the Democratic leadership says it all. Now, in her last hooray, she’s advocating mob violence against a bona fide mob-driven political movement.
As Trump said, she should be careful what she asked for. Aunty Fifi has not taken the time even to imagine the carnage that will follow if those Republican wingnuts take up her challenge and start to attack Democrats in the same fashion. Worst, her ostentatious imbecility is not only self-defeating for the Democrats but could also prove dangerous for black America. Read between the lines of Trump’s warnings. His supporters have badges, guns, district attorneys, and judges. Maxine Waters’ have picket signs and loudmouths. Therein lies the difference. Now, with the sharks are surrounding her, she is cowering behind Trump’s own mob-rule, pointing to his advocacy of violence from the day he announced his candidacy for president.
As her wimpy fellow Democrats, including Minority Leaders in both Houses, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, run disassociate themselves from her and her statements, Waters says she has no fear. But in a political environment that saw Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords shot in the head a few years back and an attack on a Congressional softball game that saw Congressman Steve Scalise almost killed, only an imbecile could say with a straight face that he or she has no fear. Besides, if Waters has no fear, why is she parading the death threats she has been receiving all over television for sympathy.
In any case, she responded to these death threats, received since her statements, by telling supporters at a weekend rally that, “All I have to say is this: if you shoot me, you better shoot straight. There’s nothing like a wounded animal.” But outside of the ‘90s-era CIA-cocaine importation scandal in Los Angeles, where she confronted then-Director John M. Deutch in a town hall meeting, what power has Maxine Waters has ever wielded? She also assumed that her enemies, if a real threat to her life, would miss and wound her. Did they leave Dr. King, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and so on as “wounded animals?” Keep on blabbing Auntie Fifi. I will be surprised if you survive this fire to make it through reelection.
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