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19 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Nancy Pelosi came to Maxine Waters’ defense on Monday, after GOP lawmakers said Waters' remarks in Minnesota stoked violence
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Ahead of closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, Waters told demonstrators in Brooklyn Center, Minn. “to get more confrontational.”

“Maxine talked about confrontation in the manner of the civil rights movement,” Pelosi said. politi.co/32vzWmZ
Waters told The Grio today that her remarks were about “confronting the justice system, confronting the policing that’s going on,” through legislation and “speaking up.” politi.co/32vzWmZ
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that he would introduce a resolution to censure Waters for the comments she made over the weekend in Minnesota that Republican lawmakers said stoked further violence. politi.co/32vzWmZ

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