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I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.

Maxine Waters

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Maxine Waters
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: August 15
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U.S. Representative
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My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House. They can do whatever they want to do, really.
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Every time I've talked about impeachment, I've said we've got to connect the dots, we've got to get the facts, we've got to do the investigation. That is what leads to impeachment and I also said that Donald Trump will lead us right there.
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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.
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There's a debate among Democrats about how they should approach this new [Donald's Trump] administration.
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Don't forget during the primary debates when Trump pointed at Carly Fiorina and said, Look at that face, who would vote for her? That tells you everything about him and what he cares about women.
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I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.
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On Immigration policy and reform [Republicans] are on the wrong side of the track. ... They would have you believe that if they get into office, they are going to make sure that they are going to get rid of everyone in our society who was not born in America.
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I can't stop [Donald Trump] from doing what he wants to do.
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You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.
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I'm not against anybody having gone [to Donald Trump's inauguration], but, for me, it was not the right place to be.
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The shouting, the overrunning of the Capitol, the sneaking in of Tea Party participants into the basement of the Capitol, the name-calling, the spitting, all of that... The Tea Party emerges as not only outrageous, but they have turned up the volume in ways that even Code Pink have not been able to do.
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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.
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This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty
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All of these people who are organized with these oil-and-gas interests, that's in the administration and friends of the President of the United States [Donald Trump], these back channeling that you see. These are a bunch of scumbags. That's what they are.
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I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.
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President Trump basically has interfered with an investigation where he may be implicated. That's outrageous. And that's why we're having so much of a conversation about it today. Everybody is talking about it because this is highly unusual.
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If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion.
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It's time for the bully pulpit of the White House to bring the gangstas in, put them around the table and let them know that if they don't come up with loan modifications and keep people in their homes that they've worked so hard for, we're gonna tax them out of business.
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I don't have to give [Donald Trump] a chance.
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If [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things.
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