LAL #012 — Maxine Waters' Assault on Fair Trials

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters traveled from Washington, D.C., to suburban Minnesota last weekend to attend a rally related to the police shooting of Daunte Wright.  She didn't need an investigation to conclude that this was yet more evidence on America's war on men of color. She couldn't sleep, she was so upset. And she had a message for the jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial: If we don't hear "guilty, guilty, guilty," there's trouble coming. What's that mean, Maxine?  Want evidence that we're rapidly becoming a failed state? Look no further than Mean Maxine.  A veteran lawmaker now travels outside her district to engage in incendiary rhetoric during a jury trial. Nice.  Her comments won't get her charged with jury tampering. They weren't that. And they weren't criminal incitement or threatening. She had every right to utter what she did. But I am as troubled by what she did, indeed, more troubled, than by almost anything that I saw of the January 6, 2021, events in Washington, D.C. Her colleagues in the House should remove her from office for the simple reason that she doesn't share a commitment to common core values, such as the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. It's time to send this 30-year veteran of Congress packing. But, instead, she'll likely be crowned a woke saint. Here's her office telephone number in D.C: 202.225.2201.  At a minimum, give her a call and ask her to resign. She won't, but someone needs to rain on this nitwit's parade. It may as well be you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/norm-pattis/support