“Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.” ThinkingJobsBlackLosingPreparedAlliesBlack WomenDo Not FearLosing Friends Author:Maxine Waters
“I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.” PeopleThinkingShouldHeartSoulHeart And Soul Author:Maxine Waters
“Why do you think [Russians] hacked into our election? Because they have to make sure that Donald Trump got elected so that he could help them with what I think is a huuuuge deal, not only to lift these sanctions, but to take over, y'know, all of these Soviet countries and pull 'em back into the Soviet Union, so that they could have access it to all of these resources. It's clear to me!” ThinkingKnowsCountryHelpingDealsClearTrumpResourcesElectionUnionsAccessLiftsEmsSovietSoviet UnionSanctionsHacked Author:Maxine Waters
“I just think the American people had better understand what's going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what [Russians] are!” PeopleThinkingBunchScumbags Author:Maxine Waters
“I have a resolution that I introduced in February. I think there's enough there that we know about the Kremlin and about Putin to be concerned about whether or not there was collusion.” ThinkingEnoughConcernedResolutionFebruary Author:Maxine Waters
“I think that if the president Trump would have fired Comey when he first came in, he would not have to be in a position now where he is trying to make up a story about why. It does not meet the smell test.” ThinkingTryingPresident Author:Maxine Waters
“I think that the Republicans who have been cautious, recognizing that they have to be concerned about their re-elections, etc., they won't be able to stand with Donald Trump when we unfold his connection to the Kremlin and what they were involved in, which I consider to be collusion. I don't think that any Republican, even moderates or conservatives, who love America and who consider themselves patriots, they cannot stand with this president when it appears he has participated in undermining this democracy. They're going to have to fall. That's what I believe.” ThinkingBelieveFallI BelievePresidentDemocracyRepublicanConcernedPatriotCautious Author:Maxine Waters
“I think that when you saw Donald Trump absolutely calling Hillary Clinton crooked, the "lock her up, lock her up," all of that was developed. I think that was developed strategically with people from the Kremlin, with Vladimir Putin.” PeopleThinkingClinton Author:Maxine Waters
“I think it's more than bank records. I think that you can see that visits, you know, to Moscow were made during the campaign by Paul Manafort and others. I think that there was a cooperation in developing strategy about how Russians could ensure that Hillary Clinton was not elected. They need Donald Trump. Trump will be there to support lifting those sanctions. That's what they really want to happen.” ThinkingSupportStrategyClintonCooperationLifting Author:Maxine Waters
“I am so offended by Trump. I spend an awful lot of time helping to educate people about who I think he is and the danger that I think he is to this country. I will be working on those issues and trying to expose this president. I think that's important work.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantCountryHelpingPresidentDangerEducateOffended Author:Maxine Waters
“Let's take a look at NAFTA. Trump said that NAFTA was a bad deal and he was going to get rid of it in the first 100 days. Now, that's also off the table. He's made a lot of promises that he can't keep. He has distorted information. I do not think he should not be president of the United States. And I think our allies and people in other countries are looking at America and saying, "This can't be. How did this happen?"” PeopleThinkingCountryPresidentPromise Author:Maxine Waters
“I don't try to think about how I can satisfy those who would criticize me, or plot and plan to work in ways that will not get criticism. I tend to follow what I really believe. If I believe in something strongly and I act on it, then whatever comes with that territory comes.” ThinkingTryingBelieveI BelieveCriticismCriticize Author:Maxine Waters
“I think that there's a great disrespect for women under this administration, led by the president Trump. Not only did the world discover what he said about grabbing women by their private parts, but just recently the president stepped forward to defend Bill O'Reilly after it was unveiled that O'Reilly had paid out millions of dollars for sexual harassment.” ThinkingWorldPresidentDisrespectHarassmentPrivate Parts Author:Maxine Waters
“Trump is probably disrespected women all of his life. His alignment with women has been with his beauty pageants. And those women said he walked into the rooms where they were changing clothes and he thought that was fine and he had a right to do it. I think that's reflected in his leadership and public policy.” ThinkingPolicyAlignmentPublic PolicyPageantDisrespected Author:Maxine Waters
“I think that our president should not be representing our country. He has alienated our allies. He continues to lie day in and day out. He creates controversy. He can't get along with the members of Congress. He needs to be impeached. I want him impeached.” ThinkingCountryLyingPresidentControversy Author:Maxine Waters
“Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. And they have tended to take care of those things that they think are important. Whether it's their agricultural subsidies, or other kinds of expenditures that are certainly not expenditures for poor people or for people of color. And so we have to band together and keep fighting back.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensMadeImportantCareTogetherAmericaFightingWhitePoorPolicyColorBandTake CarePoor PeopleExpendituresSubsidiesFighting Back Author:Maxine Waters
“I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.” ThinkingWould BeEasyWaterDoorsMadnessMadKickingKicking It Author:Maxine Waters
“I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.” ThinkingHeartMadeWinningDecisionBillsPracticalsIndividualism Author:Maxine Waters
