Maxine Waters Tells MSNBC "Trump Won't Last 4 Years"

[oasis]

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In a short interview with MSNBC's Katie Tur, Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters voiced a strong belief that Trump will be impeached.

[HipChick]

1. we still don't know what Dems know

[oasis]

8. True that. A lot will be coming forward during the next few months.

Waters is in a "safe" district and has no problem speaking truth to power.

[PearliePoo2]

10. That's right! Remember she was so outraged after that briefing with the FBI.

She said she couldn't talk about what went on because it was classified, but she clearly was beyond upset.
I want to know what's in the works. Like NOW.
Nancy Pelosi also said she was calling for a hearing to investigate 'Orange Menace's' ties to Russia. Every day he is becoming more and more unhinged and delusional. it's really scaring the crap out of me.

[Amaryllis]

50. More info: Senator Wyden is Hell-bent on Getting Out the Truth About Trump and Russia

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016177278

[bdamomma]

60. he is mentally unwell seriously

he IS our enemy within they can get rid of Bannon too.

[madaboutharry]

2. She knows the intell on him.

It's just a matter of time. I think that is the real reason Trump wanders around at night in his robe impersonating Richard Nixon.

[oasis]

13. Waters doesnt worry about a condemnation tweet from Trump.

She's tough as nails.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. She just dd on MSNBC too.

In response to a question about gridlock in Congress lasting another 4 years she said Trump won't last 4 years.

Of course that implies that she will be able to work with a President Pence, but nobody bothered addressing that.

[oasis]

14. Pence and the GOP will be unable to extricate themselves from Trump by 2018.

Pence is toast in 2020.

[Motown_Johnny]

23. Agreed, but the Gridlock would continue.

Which is what the question was about. That is the only reason I mentioned it.

[randome]

4. Saying it might mean Trump gets so angry, he acquiesces by having a heart attack!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Donald Trump's scorecard:
Muslim ban = failed. Yemen raid = failed. Approval ratings = failed.
Mexican wall = failed. Economic utopia = failed. Grade point average = 0.[/center][/font][hr]

[oasis]

16. Waters kicked GOP ass during Bill Clinton's impeachment proceedings.

She has visions of Republicans being forced into action against Trump in order to save their own skins.

[bdamomma]

61. Either heart attack

or stroke. He is not mentally well or physically well.

[jmg257]

5. Did she introduce her 'Russian ties' bill yet? The one she was going to have a press conference on?

[Lucinda]

15. Yep.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/15

[jmg257]

18. Thanks!!! nt

[Squinch]

41. Yes, and she had the press conference and almost NO media covered it.

This is probably the most important issue of our time, and she is one of the few people talking about it, and no one showed up.

[jmg257]

44. Ugh - I remember looking for it and found little to no coverage. nt

[Squinch]

45. Also, look up the name Oleg Erovinkin. Your eyes will pop. The international

press was all over his story for a while, and there was nothing in the US press.

[jmg257]

46. Will do - thanks! Cheers.

[GusBob]

6. I am thinking retirement

Due to medical reasons.

It's plain to me the man is mentally ill

[oasis]

20. Nope. That would stain him as a "quitter". Trump won't go that route.

[SHRED]

7. When is Maxine going to reveal what the Comey meeting was about?

[oasis]

21. The "meeting" in which she, Pelosi, and other Dems left in a huff

was classified.

[SHRED]

22. Risk prison then

[oasis]

26. Any info released will be immediately discredited and dismissed. We need

Waters to keep the heat up on the Trump cabal.

[LanternWaste]

30. Which then undermines all ability she has to continue with her current goal.

Which then undermines all ability she has to continue with her current goal. A simple cost/benefit analysis illustrates her current tactic is more effective.

[oasis]

35. Exactamundo. nt

[bdamomma]

64. Elijah Cummings

before the election results said something like this "if the American People knew" and that was it never heard anything else. Hello CIA??? anyone out there????

[targetpractice]

9. Katie Tur is with MSNBC, right? n/t

[Eyeball_Kid]

12. As of a few weeks ago. Why?

[oasis]

17. Right, I'll change the header. Thanks.

[Eyeball_Kid]

11. Maxine, I hope your job will be to...

find a way for the intelligence data on Trumpy to be leaked. If the documents get buried, they'll die. The GOP will not abandon power and will NEVER disempower Trumpy, at least not for 14-16 months of this torture.

So Maxine. (I know you're out there, Maxine.) Work on a plan. A lot of people in Congress know what's in those docs. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[SHRED]

19. Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, etc...

Where are these types today?

She could very well release what she knows and face the consequences in the name of the greater good for us all but she refuses.
Why?
Prison?

I'm sick of cowards.
The people I listed above were real warriors who risked it all.

[NCTraveler]

24. Pretty sick that you call her a coward.

And that is exactly what you just did.

[SHRED]

25. What do you call it?

We've got the Republican Party tearing this country down and our Democratic leaders are mum about this meeting.

WHY?

[oasis]

28. Decades ago, Waters was called a "kook" after she called out the CIA

for their involvement in the spread of crack cocaine in major US cities. Google Gary Webb/ Dark Alliance

Waters doesn't shy away from controversy, but she can't help the country much sitting in the slammer.

[NCTraveler]

31. Because it is classified information and they weren't elected to leak classified information.

That doesn't mean they do nothing.

Truly sick that you call Maxine Waters a coward. Easy to do behind a keyboard. That is a slander on progressives that should not stand. It's sick.

[nbsmom]

39. Patience.

I'll be willing to bet that you weren't alive when Nixon was impeached.

This is MUCH bigger than Watergate, and the corruption is significantly more pervasive. There's a reason people often compare corruption to cancer: By rushing the diagnosis, potentially deadly growths are missed, and the patient dies. But if you take your time, and treat the patient using best practices, you can limit the damage and improve the patient's chances.

In other words, if this investigation is done correctly, everyone involved will be removed from positions of power.

Which would mean no more Bannon OR Pence OR McConnell, either.

For me, that's worth the wait.

[SHRED]

40. I hear ya

And I was 18 when he was impeached.

This country is in code red right now.
Excuse me for not having patience.

[nbsmom]

57. But, it seems you're in luck. Things are starting to happen...

Good movement on both fronts.

Part I.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/09/democrat-moves-to-force-house-debate-on-trumps-alleged-business-conflicts-and-russia-ties/?utm_term=.dff59bd4528f

Part II.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-eric-holder-sacramento-california-legislature-20170207-story.html

[LanternWaste]

34. Becoming one is much less convenient than calling people cowards.

"Where are these types today? "

Becoming one is much less convenient than calling people cowards. And much more viscerally satisfying... yet does absolutely nothing to move the struggle forward.



(space provided free of charge below to rationalize cowering on a message board being much more righteous, effective and heroic than Waters' current activities...)

[murielm99]

47. No.

What she is doing is more honorable.

Besides, we don't need her ruined and drummed out of Congress. We need every Democrat, every woman and every POC that we have. We could use a few more, too!

[still_one]

27. I love you Maxine, but you are giving the republicans too much the benefit of the doubt

[mvd]

29. I have that feeling also..

but nice hearing it from her. I don't think the country can take four years of him.

[oasis]

32. All in good time. nt

[madokie]

33. That hope is the only thing that keeps me from

pulling my fucking hair out. Yes, I might be old but I still have a lot of hair

Have you noticed it's the women in our party, for the most part, who aren't afraid to speak their minds. They're a tough lot and I love 'em

Personally I wish we had at least 60 woman Senators and 235 woman Representatives. I trust women where I'm skeptical of man

Just think where we'd be with Hillary in the white house. Damn sure wouldn't be doing what the dickhead we have in there now is doing. I trust Hillary

We got screwed this last election, bigtime

[oasis]

36. By the end of 2018, America would have learned a costly lesson. nt

[murielm99]

48. Will we learn anything?

Really? Will they blame it all on Democrats and Obama? Will they get away with it?

Sometimes I think we are all too ignorant to learn from history, or from anything else.

[oasis]

49. For one thing, Americans will get off of their lazy asses and vote.

Next time they won't be deterred by fake email/Bengazi hearings. Voters will be hungry for practical solutions.

[bdamomma]

62. not to play

the gender card but in this instance, women are more level headed, just my opinion.

[MFM008]

37. Im sorry we have 4 more hours of this

petty, mean, spirited, venal, disgusting maggot in chief.

[oasis]

38. Americans have gone through a lot worse trials without folding.

We have the legal means to adequately deal with and dispatch Benedict Donald.

[coco22]

42. While everyone is looking at..

the clown show we don't know who is infiltrating our government.

[oasis]

43. The Trump cabinet,? the Putin connection? What? Who?

[samnsara]

51. i sure as hell hope not.....

..... even 4 months is too long!

[oasis]

53. Self implosion or getting the boot. Either way, he'll be out before 2020.

[calimary]

52. My Girl!

Talkin' 'bout, my giiii-ii-iirl.... MY GIRL!

She really isn't mine. Technically, that is. She represents another district. But only geographically. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting her when a Hillary headquarters opened a few miles from me last year. She was a featured guest. I got to shake that lady's hand and tell her to her face how awesome I think she is. She represents me beautifully, in every way and on every issue I can think of. Especially in THIS case!

I freakin' LOVE that woman!

Maxine the Magnificent.

[oasis]

55. Maxine's tops in my book. nt

[Beacool]

54. I don't think that he'll finish his term either.

The choices are various.

A) Impeachment
B) Congress invokes section 4 of the 25th Amendment
C) Someone takes matters into his own hands
D) Fate (he's 70, overweight, doesn't exercise, doesn't get enough sleep and loves to eat junk food)

[oasis]

56. Looks as if his hair is already getting whiter. nt

[Beacool]

58. It's been white for a long time, he's not young.

[StevieM]

59. I can't imagine he'll be removed from office. He is already committing impeachable offenses

right out in the open.

I suspect that any Republican could get away with a whole lot. The rules only apply if you are a liberal. But the GOP does whatever the hell they want.

[bdamomma]

63. He will be

a "winner" if he just goes, but I do NOT trust this nut case, he likes to take revenge.

[Beacool]

65. We'll let's just keep our fingers crossed.

[Tatiana]

66. I don't think he'll last 4 years. Someone will leak.

I'm not certain it will be a Congressperson. I think it will be one of the intelligence officers who actually cares about this country and can find a way of releasing the information anonymously.

[oasis]

69. Yup. There's just too much out there for leaks not to happen. nt

[KingCharlemagne]

67. She is my Rep! She totally rocks! - nt

[oasis]

68. Waters is respected for her courage and tenacity. She don't play.