“It is about thousands, maybe millions of people being threatened and being at risk because of Donald Trump and his desire to seek revenge on anything and everybody,” says California Democrat.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) claimed there will be violence and “more killings” in the U.S. if former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 election in November.
MSNBC’s “The Saturday Show” host Jonathan Capehart asked her, “How concerned are you about your safety if Donald Trump is re-elected?”
“I’m very concerned, not only about my safety and not only about the safety of members of Congress. I’m concerned about the safety of so many people in this country, particularly people of color,” Waters replied. “Donald Trump has said that if he does not win, it is going to be fraud, and because it is going to be fraud, there will be blood in the streets.”
“He threatens about a civil war, and he threatens there’s going to be violence. I would say all of this talk is motivational with many of those who are racist, who are sitting at home listening to him, and they are taking him up on his threats even before the elections take place. It is about thousands, maybe millions of people being threatened and being at risk because of Donald Trump and his desire to seek revenge on anything and everybody.”
Waters added, “I do believe having listened to Donald Trump so many times and having the attack, the insurrection that took place on the House of Representatives in Congress, on the Capitol, the Capitol grounds, we could be in for more killings like that. I think Donald Trump has to take responsibility for what he is saying about blood in the streets and violence if he is not elected to be the president of the United States of America.”
This comes weeks after Waters previously characterized Trump supporters as “domestic terrorists” who are preparing to launch a “civil war.”
“I am going to spend some time with the criminal justice system, with the justice system, asking them, ‘Tell us what’s going on with the domestic terrorists. Are they preparing a civil war against us? Should we be concerned about our safety? What is he [Trump] doing with this divisive language?’”
Low IQ Maxine Waters calls supporters of President Trump “domestic terrorists” and wonders if they’re “preparing a civil war against us” pic.twitter.com/iOvXuJXSwy
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