Posted on 01/27/2018 10:21:30 AM PST by broken_arrow1
One of President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics on Capitol Hill will address the country just after next Tuesday’s State of the Union.
Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, will speak at the top of a BET News special after Trump delivers the State of the Union, a BET spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. The program, “Angela Rye’s State of the Union,” is part of a broader partnership announced just days ago between the network and the Democratic strategist and political commentator. Rye will executive produce news programs with a sharp focus on issues facing black Americans. The programs will run quarterly, BET said in a release.
The spokesperson said activists and some elected officials will analyze Trump’s first year in office on the program, and will talk about "building black politics and the value of engagement across today’s socio-political landscape." A Democratic source familiar with the production on Friday night told BuzzFeed News that it wasn't immediately clear if the program would air on Tuesday or Wednesday night.
Trump has recently taken to highlighting how well he believes black Americans are doing under his presidency, tweeting earlier this month that he was "so happy" that black joblessness was plummeting. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the rate had fallen below 7%, but analysts disagree over how much credit, if any, Trump deserves for that drop. Black lawmakers certainly don’t think he deserves that credit, and some plan to let him know that Tuesday by boycotting his speech.
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And I’ll plan on dumping a load of mud during Maxine’s speech.
I hope she cleans and de-funks her James Brown wig before she goes
on TV.
If the democrats want to showcase her as their special rep, then, that is fine with me. At least, it is an honest representation.
Is this the official DNC response? A racist diatribe on a racist network?
wonderful - finally we will get the facts - speak truth to power Maxine you Go girl!
It’s all they got.
Just what nation though?
Why not give the response now. It’s already written.
Is she afraid she won’t get a fair shake on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, NPR, PBS,NYT, WaPo or HuffPo?
Brainwashing channel.
Would any Freepers be offended, if I said I had no plans to watch the wench? 😁😆👎
On BET. Well, it will be “entertainment” of a sort, but not nearly as gratifying as “Amos ‘n Andy”.
Somehow I think this need to give a voice to screwballs and misfits in out lives and government is rapidly approaching an end.
Ahhhh....comic relief.
So after Trump’s speech, the black racist Democrats will watch Max on BET and the white racist Democrats will watch JoeyK.
They’ve internalized the racial division their god the Fraud foisted upon America for 8+ years.
I bet she is going on to tell them what an outstanding job is doing with the black community. She will probable make sure they know that 8.6% unemployment is the lowest in HISTORY.
If BET were really smart, they'd invite Mia Love or Tim Scott and generate some real fireworks in a way that would reflect credit on the black community. Why BET and the DNC think clown shows are the way to present black leadership, I do not understand.
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