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09-01-2011, 10:13 AM
While I'm sure many people cheered U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters for saying the Tea Party can go straight to hell, what kind of a message does that send for ALL the CONSTITUENTS in her district???
She and all the elected officials are duty-bound to represent and serve ALL constituents in her district. With the high, high unemployment rate there in her district, why is it okay for the elected U.S. Rep. to tell some of her constituents she will do nothing to represent them when they, too, are part of the unemployed ranks she was talking about??
I read that her district is only 10% white, with 34% black and 47% Hispanic.
Maxine Waters: ‘Tea Party Can Go Straight to Hell’
Monday, August 22, 2011
By Fred Lucas
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) addressing the 12 percent jobless rate in California during a town hall meeting Saturday said “the tea party can go straight to hell.”
She made the comment in Inglewood, Calif. at what was billed as a “Kitchen Table Summit” with constituents, reported the Los Angeles Times and KABC-TV.
“I’m not afraid of anybody,” Waters said. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell.”
With her at the forum in front of about 1,000 people were two other California Democrats, Reps. Karen Bass and Laura Richardson.
The unemployment rate among African Americans in the area reportedly is 16 percent.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/waters-tea-party-can-go-straight-hell
She and all the elected officials are duty-bound to represent and serve ALL constituents in her district. With the high, high unemployment rate there in her district, why is it okay for the elected U.S. Rep. to tell some of her constituents she will do nothing to represent them when they, too, are part of the unemployed ranks she was talking about??
I read that her district is only 10% white, with 34% black and 47% Hispanic.
Maxine Waters: ‘Tea Party Can Go Straight to Hell’
Monday, August 22, 2011
By Fred Lucas
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) addressing the 12 percent jobless rate in California during a town hall meeting Saturday said “the tea party can go straight to hell.”
She made the comment in Inglewood, Calif. at what was billed as a “Kitchen Table Summit” with constituents, reported the Los Angeles Times and KABC-TV.
“I’m not afraid of anybody,” Waters said. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell.”
With her at the forum in front of about 1,000 people were two other California Democrats, Reps. Karen Bass and Laura Richardson.
The unemployment rate among African Americans in the area reportedly is 16 percent.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/waters-tea-party-can-go-straight-hell