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Rep. Maxine Waters cancels Birmingham trip due to security concerns
The Birmingham News ^ | June 28, 2018 | Jonece Starr Dunigan

Posted on 06/28/2018 10:29:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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.

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."


TOPICS: Alabama; California; Parties; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: alabama; blacks; maxinewaters; waters
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You reap what you sow. Enjoy a taste of your own medicine witch


41 posted on 06/28/2018 10:55:44 AM PDT by MadLibDisease (Proudly residing in Dar-al-Harb since 1959)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Selllllma.


42 posted on 06/28/2018 10:55:52 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who would want to hurt her. She is the face of the party.


43 posted on 06/28/2018 10:56:29 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Political security that is.


44 posted on 06/28/2018 10:57:23 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can, just require an IQ test for the contestants.


45 posted on 06/28/2018 10:58:05 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: dforest

....and boy, is that one FUGLY hate-filled face!!


46 posted on 06/28/2018 10:58:37 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The website still has it as on. She was/is suppose to speak for 30 minutes (1000-1030). Among the other er, guest will be Tarana Burke, Founder of the Me Too Movement, Donna Brazile, Political Strategist-Campaign Manager, ED of Missouri Faith Voices. http://nobel-women.org/

Not invited were, Condoleezza Rice, Stacey Dash, Angela McGlowan, and Sheryl Underwood.

https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-black-republican-women/famous-conservatives


47 posted on 06/28/2018 10:58:44 AM PDT by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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To: tet68
Whose security? Maybe the security of their fundraising?😊
48 posted on 06/28/2018 11:02:05 AM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: Garvin

Isn’t Donna Brazile disgraced from the Hillary Clinton campaign era for providing answers from the CNN moderators? Are they going to give Debbie Wasserman-Schultz an award too?


49 posted on 06/28/2018 11:02:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: FrankR
Uh-oh.

She better retreat to that 4.5 million dollar mansion she lives in.

See the source image

A mansion that is NOT EVEN IN the district she represents.

50 posted on 06/28/2018 11:02:19 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Braizile
51 posted on 06/28/2018 11:05:32 AM PDT by timestax
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Details about the safety concerns have not been released and it's not known if a specific threat were made.

Waters had her staff make threatening calls to false flag this, so she can spout off how she is under assault for her antiTrump stance.

52 posted on 06/28/2018 11:05:42 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: timestax
y_Awjo_FF
53 posted on 06/28/2018 11:08:20 AM PDT by timestax
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Love Trumps Hate!”

Remember the Good ole Days?


54 posted on 06/28/2018 11:14:24 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
No kidding! Check out this article: WATCH: Activist Confronts Waters Publicly. Here's How Waters Responded

Hahahahaha! If one ever needed confirmation of just how shallow and vacuous Leftists are, take the recording of this, and compare it to her bullhorn verbal diarrhea the other day.

It is almost as if they think they still live 30 years ago when this hypocrisy would never see the light of day.

Seeing this makes me fully comprehend just how much contempt I have for Leftism, and the people who buy into it.

55 posted on 06/28/2018 11:15:59 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

LOL, I am with you on that. We should be paying for a platform for her to speak on.

When Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are more rational and cogent than you are, that might be a clue you are unhinged.


56 posted on 06/28/2018 11:17:15 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: RightGeek

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That’s HILARIOUS! I want to buy one of those badges!!!!!!!


57 posted on 06/28/2018 11:18:23 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Bonemaker
>>“Breaking down the population from the 2010 census shows that 75% of Birmingham’s total population is Black or African American”

How do you separate Blacks from African-Americans? Is that like separating Sephardic Jews from Ashkenazi?

58 posted on 06/28/2018 11:30:15 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did You Know?

The overall crime rate in Birmingham is 186% higher than the national average.

For every 100,000 people, there are 22.21 daily crimes that occur in Birmingham.

Birmingham is safer than 0% of the cities in the United States.

In Birmingham you have a 1 in 13 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.


59 posted on 06/28/2018 11:30:22 AM PDT by logitech
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Karma.


60 posted on 06/28/2018 11:32:36 AM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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