Representative Maxine Waters expressed concerns on MSNBC’s “The Saturday Show” about potential violence and increased killings if former President Donald Trump wins the November election.
Waters noted fears for her safety, that of Congress members, and particularly people of color due to Trump’s rhetoric of fraud leading to bloodshed and civil unrest.
She emphasized the danger posed by Trump’s statements, linking them to the Capitol insurrection and warning of the potential for further violence if Trump continues to incite unrest with his revenge-driven narrative.
MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked, “How concerned are you about your safety if Donald Trump is re-elected?”
Waters said, “I’m very concerned, not only about my safety and not only about the safety of members of Congress. I’m concerned about the safety of so many people in this country, particularly people of color. Donald Trump has said that if he does not win, it is going to be fraud, and because it is going to be fraud, there will be blood in the streets.”
“He threatens about a civil war, and he threatens there’s going to be violence. I would say all of this talk is motivational with many of those who are racist, who are sitting at home listening to him, and they are taking him up on his threats even before the elections take place. It is about thousands, maybe millions of people being threatened and being at risk because of Donald Trump and his desire to seek revenge on anything and everybody.”
She added, “I do believe having listened to Donald Trump so many times and having the attack, the insurrection that took place on the House of Representatives in Congress, on the Capitol, the Capitol grounds, we could be in for more killings like that. I think Donald Trump has to take responsibility for what he is saying about blood in the streets and violence if he is not elected to be the president of the United States of America.”
