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Maxine Waters
@RepMaxineWaters
Proudly serving the people of California's 43rd District in Congress. Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee (@USHouseFSC ).
Not only is this war with Iran illegal and costly, the lives of innocent young men and women will be lost because Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn.- He’s lied again but that’s typical of this lying President. He promised the American people he would not go to war for regime change. We’ve got to stop this crazy deranged disturbed man.
- The Constitution is clear - the president cannot go to war without approval from Congress. Enough is enough! Americans do not want this war.
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a day set aside to increase HIV awareness and enhance prevention, testing, and treatment among African Americans. It is a day to commemorate the impact of HIV/AIDS on Black Americans and encourage continued efforts to reduce the incidence
- The removal of the brochure that honors Medgar Evers and the identification of the racist, Byron De La Beckwith, who killed him, is but another attempt by racist Trump to deny the history of Black people in this country. It adds to his pattern of erasing the history and the
- Donald Trump is a brazen, cruel, and deplorable racist. Everyone knows who and what Donald Trump is, even the people who vote for him. Trump's most recent social media display of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama is a deranged demonstration of in-your-face racism.
- February is Black History Month! 100 years ago, Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week. 50 years ago, President Gerald Ford extended it to Black History Month. The contributions, the sacrifices, and the history of Black people in this country should never be forgotten,
- The U.S. House of Representatives voted 220 to 207 to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats lost that vote. 206 Democrats and 1 Republican voted against the funding; 213 Republicans and 7 Democrats voted for it. The bill now goes to the Senate. Senate Minority
- The murder of Alex Pretti is stunning and heartbreaking. This murder, following the murder of Renée Good, is shattering the rule of law and the reputation of our democracy. The people of our country must continue to organize, protest, speak up, demand, and not allow Trump and his
- The outrageous and blatant threat made to Greenland and Denmark by Trump, threatening to take over the ownership of Greenland, claiming that Greenland was in a position that threatened the security of our country, cannot be tolerated. Trump boldly said to Greenland, “If you don’t
- Today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This day has been declared a national holiday, and we memorialize the great accomplishments of MLK. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize, as well as many other awards and recognitions. Dr. King was an
