Democratic lawmakers and officials in New York State reacted harshly when they saw threatening comments posted online last week directed at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but which were originally made by Rep. Maxine Waters who directed them at Trump administration officials.
The altered quote was taken from something the California Democrat said in 2018, where she instructed supporters during a small rally to accost members of the former president’s Cabinet whenever they encountered them in public.
The viral altered tweet from a troll account came the same day that New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that, according to an investigation by her office, Cuomo’s administration had undercounted the number of COVID-19 deaths in state nursing homes by at least 50 percent.
“If you see anybody from the Cuomo Administration in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere,” said the troll account post.
Waters said those exact words in June 2018 but directed them towards the Trump administration over its border enforcement policies.
“If you think we’re rallying now you ain’t seen nothing yet,” she said. “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
Democrats in New York, as well as one federal official who represents the state, reacted angrily to the post, though it isn’t certain that all who responded thought the quote was real.
“Way way way over the line. Especially in light of what happened at the Capitol on Jan 6,” Lis Smith, a former adviser to Pete Buttigieg, wrote.
New York State Sen. Jamaal T. Bailey responded: “This is more than tonedeaf, especially considering...
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2 comments:
They are easily played but they vote like a pack of wolves.
So know that these idiots have been reminded where the real quote came from, have any of them walked it back, or alternatively condemned Maxine Waters (though it's a little late for that)?
My guess ... probably not. Because they are useless hypocrites. And they are not welcome anywhere.
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