“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.”
Maxine Waters
Politician
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- Date
- Platform
- Speech (Los Angeles rally)
- Category
- Incitement
- Status
- Live, no apology on record
Context
Said about the family-separation policy. Waters later said she had called for protest, not violence.
Apology
None found. Last checked Nov 9, 2026.
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