Douglas Andrews
In 2000, when George W. Bush spoke to the NAACP about âthe soft bigotry of low expectations,â he wasnât talking about Democrat Representative Maxine Waters. But he might just as well have. For years now, Waters has gotten a pass on her hate-filled and inciteful rhetoric â rhetoric that, had it been uttered by, say, a white president, wouldâve been grounds for impeachment.
And yet there was Waters on Saturday night, pouring gasoline on yet another fire. As the New York Post reports, âWaters joined hundreds of angry protesters who thronged Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, early Sunday, all breaking the 11 p.m. curfew together during the seventh night of protests against the police killing of Daunte Wright. âWeâve got to stay in the streets, and weâve got to demand justice,â she urged the crowd, according to one tweeted clip. âWeâre looking for a guilty verdictâ in Derek Chauvinâs trial for the police kil