Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) used an absolutely blistering description of President Donald Trump during a Democratic hearing on the Trump administration’s immigration raids.
“This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we’re all doing resisting this lowdown, dirty, no good, filthy president of the United States of America,” Waters said Monday, prompting what appeared to be audible astonishment from those nearby at the event in Los Angeles.
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“Let me just say this,” the congresswoman continued. “They are targeting our leadership both in the Latino community and in the Black community, and while they’re targeting them and following them, I’m on the street, and I’m following ICE, and I’m targeting ICE.”
She added, “We are documenting everything. We are resisting. And I want to tell you, you are seeing the biggest coming together of the Black and brown community that we’ve seen in this city ever.”
The protests against the raids “must continue,” Waters urged.
“You must not stop,” she continued. “I’m protesting. I’ve been to 11 of them. I stay on the street, in the alleys, wherever I need to be. We’re not afraid, but we’re smart.”
The hearing heard from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, other lawmakers and community members who shared stories of how the Trump administration-ordered raids have devastated their lives and how they are attempting to combat them.