Rep. Maxine Waters' no-holds-barred remarks find fans
[...] the California congresswoman plans to boycott any meeting, event, ceremony or public event with the president, at the White House or even in her home district of Los Angeles.
Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams said he thought Waters' heated rhetoric was "very sad, very disappointing, and just not the kind of legacy that she would want to be remembered by."
Another day, she called Trump offensive, potentially dangerous, someone who may eventually warrant impeachment and a male chauvinist pig who bragged about groping women — all in one sitting.
The memes, the retweets and the pictures of her reactions have gotten her lot of traction with the younger crowd, said Rashad Robinson, executive director of online civil rights group Color of Change.
While serving in the California Assembly from 1977-91, Waters broke into the national scene by pushing her state to divest from South Africa because of its government-sanctioned system of racial apartheid.
A former Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman, Waters pushed to end the Cuban trade embargo and called for investigations into allegations that government intelligence agencies were behind the crack epidemic in Los Angeles.
"Far too often African-American female leaders are charged with being angry, but it is really seriousness and a commitment she is exuding," said Nicole Lee, former president of advocacy group TransAfrica, who called herself a mentee of Waters.
When asked about Waters' suggestions on impeachment earlier this year, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said despite "these little political stunts on the House side, the bottom line is I think, by and large, you see the support that the president's receiving for his policies throughout the country."
