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

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Maxine Waters
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: August 15
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U.S. Representative
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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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I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.
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I was very impressed with that that women have come here to say that we're going to fight you, Donald Trump.
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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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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 really do believe that much of what coming out of Donald Trump's mouth was a play from Vladimir Putin's playbook.
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Many other cities could go the way that Los Angeles went last night unless the president is willing to step in and take some strong action in terms of letting people know that he cares about this issue.
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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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I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.
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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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[Rex] Tillerson is there to get these sanctions [against Russia] lifted. I believe it. Just watch him!
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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 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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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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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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You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.
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I just think the American people had better understand what's going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what [Russians] are!
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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.
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[Rex Tillerson] is gonna continue to work on [sanctions lifting]. This is important for him. He was there [in White House] because he negotiated the deal for Exxon with [Vladimir] Putin.
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We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.
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