The Federalist reached out to all of the Democratic leaders in Congress. Every office declined to object to Maxine Waters’ call for harassment.<\/b>
\nHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the only member of Democratic leadership from the House or the Senate who has proven willing to push back on Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) for encouraging a crowd to harass members of President Trump\u2019s cabinet.
Waters said at an immigration rally on Sunday, \u201cIf you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd, and you push back on them, and you tell them they\u2019re not welcome anymore, anywhere.\u201d
Pelosi tweeted a tepid response that could be interpreted to describe Waters\u2019 comments as \u201cpredictable but unacceptable.\u201d The tweet seemed to place more blame on Trump for Waters\u2019 actions than on Waters herself. While she quoted another tweet about Waters, Pelosi did not specifically reference Waters or her comments.
The Federalist reached out to all of the Democratic leadership of both the House and the Senate this morning. Every office stated that their Congress member had not released a statement on Waters\u2019 call to harassment, and declined to object to her comments in any way. That included Pelosi\u2019s office, which directed The Federalist to a comment line. Pelosi\u2019s tweet obliquely referencing Waters was published two hours later.
Waters\u2019 call for continued aggression came after White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen were the targets of targeted harassment from activists who openly aligned themselves with the political left.
The Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia refused Sanders service after consulting with some of their staff, who objected to the Trump administration reverting to a policy about transgender soldiers that President Obama had maintained throughout nearly his entire tenure. Protesters forced Nielsen out of a Mexican restaurant in Washington DC, calling detention policies for illegal immigrants that also were the norm under Obama \u201cconcentration camps.\u201d
The mainstream media is also not calling for Democrats to condemn Waters\u2019 incendiary rhetoric. This contrasts sharply with their swift backlash to the border enforcement that led to more family separations, after which many pundits called for Republicans to denounce the practice. Many did so, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Sen. Lindsey Graham.
In addition to contacting Democratic leadership, The Federalist also reached out to some members of the Progressive Caucus, to which Waters belongs. Out of more than 30 members, only one \u2014 Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva \u2014 condemned \u201cviolence for any kind of political reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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