{"id":61333,"date":"2021-04-20T16:21:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T20:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=61333"},"modified":"2021-04-20T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T20:22:43","slug":"congresswoman-to-introduce-resolution-to-expel-rep-maxine-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=61333","title":{"rendered":"Congresswoman to Introduce Resolution to Expel Rep. Maxine Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rep. Greene Vows to Introduce Resolution to Expel Rep. Waters<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61335\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61335\" class=\"wp-image-61335 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1230985359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1230985359.jpg 600w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1230985359-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; FEBRUARY 5: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on February 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. The House voted 230 to 199 on Friday evening to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from committee assignments over her remarks about QAnon and other conspiracy theories. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Brian Freeman | NEWSMAX<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will introduce a resolution to expel Democrat\u00a0Rep. Maxine Waters from Congress &#8220;for her continual incitement of violence,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/548922-marjorie-taylor-greene-to-file-to-introduce-resolution-to-expel-maxine-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Republican issued a statement Sunday specifically citing Waters for egging on protesters at a demonstration in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Saturday. Demonstrations erupted in the city last week after police fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>Waters told reporters over the weekend that protesters needed to &#8220;stay on the street&#8221; demanding justice until there is genuine police reform,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maxine-waters-urges-minnesota-anti-police-crowd-to-stay-on-the-street-if-chauvin-acquitted-in-floyd-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>The California congresswoman vowed that she is &#8220;going to fight with all of the people who stand for justice,&#8221;\u00a0adding,\u00a0&#8220;We\u2019ve got to get justice in this country, and we cannot allow these killings to continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The shooing death of Daunte Wright came at a particularly tense time in Minnesota, with former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin currently on trial on murder charges in the death of George Floyd last year, according to the Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for several minutes during an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Waters told reporters that if Chauvin is not found guilty, &#8220;we&#8217;ve got to stay on the street, and we&#8217;ve got to get more active. We&#8217;ve got to get more confrontational. We&#8217;ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business,&#8221; according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Greene\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1383864042687668227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday that &#8220;As a sitting United States Congresswoman Maxine Waters threatened a jury demanding a guilty verdict and threatened violence if Chauvin is found not guilty. This is also an abuse of power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also wrote on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1383863662553620488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;After traveling across state lines to incite riots, her orders recorded on video last night at the Brooklyn Center, directly led to more violence and a drive by shooting on National Guardsmen in Minnesota early this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two Minnesota National Guard members suffered minor injuries when they and a Minneapolis police team were fired on in a drive-by shooting on\u00a0 Sunday, the state National Guard released in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotanationalguard.ng.mil\/minnesota-national-guard-neighborhood-security-team-fired-upon-in-minnapolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0National Guard officials did not provide any immediate evidence of who fired the shots at the officers or any connection to comments by Waters, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The House voted in February to strip Greene of her assignments on committees after she previously supported violence against Democratic politicians, the QAnon conspiracy theory and other racist theories,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2021 Newsmax. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/marjorie-taylor-greene-maxine-waters-expel\/2021\/04\/19\/id\/1018108\/\">https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/marjorie-taylor-greene-maxine-waters-expel\/2021\/04\/19\/id\/1018108\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Greene Vows to Introduce Resolution to Expel Rep. 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